Voltaire: Stupid stoics! you want to change man, and you destroy him!

Stupid stoics! you want to change man, and you destroy him! — Voltaire

Stupid stoics! you want to change man, and you destroy him!

Source: Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 3.0). Quotations may be subject to their authors' rights and may be shown in translation.

Our labour preserves us from three great evils -- weariness, vice, and want. — Voltaire
Let us cultivate our garden. — Voltaire
None have lived without shedding tears. — Voltaire
Ce corps qui s'appelait et qui s'appelle encore le saint empire romain n'était e — Voltaire
I don't know why, but the little bastard scares me. — Napoleon
…в Питере я выпил столько, что мною должна гордиться Россия! — Anton Chekhov
A healthy nation is as unconscious of its nationality as a healthy man of his bo — George Bernard Shaw
There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and after t — Logan Pearsall Smith Afterthoughts
The time makes no difference in the reason of the thing. — Wilmot
Who are wise in love Love most, say least — Alfred Tennyson
Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to — Samuel Butler
"He must be greatly changed. Has he attained the seventh degree of concentration — George Bernard Shaw