Voltaire: Voltaire inscribed on a statue of Love: "Whoever thou art, behold thy master! He rules thee, or has ruled thee, or will

Voltaire inscribed on a statue of Love: "Whoever thou art, behold thy master! He — Voltaire

Voltaire inscribed on a statue of Love: "Whoever thou art, behold thy master! He rules thee, or has ruled thee, or will rule thee!"

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Laissez lire, et laissez danser; ces deux amusements ne feront jamais de mal au — Voltaire
Prejudice is the reason of fools. — Voltaire
Our labour preserves us from three great evils -- weariness, vice, and want. — Voltaire
Alas! how can we always resist? The devil tempts us, and the flesh is weak. — Voltaire
Tous les grands poètes deviennent naturellement, fatalement, critiques. — Charles Baudelaire
I wish to write such rhymes as shall not suggest a restraint, but contrariwise t — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Man sollte alle Tage wenigstens ein kleines Lied hören, ein gutes Gedicht lesen, — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
La pluma es la lengua del alma: cuales fueren los conceptos que en ella se engen — Miguel de Cervantes
Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner — Marcus Aurelius
Falling in love is not at all the most stupid thing that people do — but gravita — Albert Einstein
A warrior so bold, and a virgin so bright, Conversed as they sat on the green. T — M. G. Lewis
is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something v — George Bernard Shaw