“The superfluous is the most necessary.”
Quote by Voltaire
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Source: A Philosophical Dictionary
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“There is a pleasure in not being pleased.”
Source: The Portable Voltaire
“Feeble verses are those which sin not against rules, but against genius.”
Source: Voltaire – The Philosophical Works: Treatise On Tolerance, Philosophical Dictionary, Candide, Letters on England, Plato’s Dream, Dialogues, The Study of Nature, Ancient Faith and Fable, Zadig…: From the French writer, historian and philosopher, famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion and freedom of expression
Source: Voltaire – The Philosophical Works: Treatise On Tolerance, Philosophical Dictionary, Candide, Letters on England, Plato’s Dream, Dialogues, The Study of Nature, Ancient Faith and Fable, Zadig…: From the French writer, historian and philosopher, famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion and freedom of expression
“The spirit of property doubles a man's strength.”
Source: Delphi Collected Works of Voltaire (Illustrated)