Men appear to prefer to ruin one another's fortunes, and to cut each other's throats over a few miserable villages, than to extend the means of human happiness
More Quotes from Voltaire:
My life is a struggle.Voltaire
We cannot always oblige; but we can always speak obligingly.
Voltaire
God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.
Voltaire
He shines in the second rank, who is eclipsed in the first.
Voltaire
In this country England it is good to kill an admiral from time to time, to encourage the others. The reference is to Admiral John Byng, who was executed in 1757 for failing to prevent the French from taking Minorca.
Voltaire
The punishment of criminals should serve a purpose. When a man is hanged he is useless.
Voltaire
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Man QuotesPart of me is afraid to get close to people because I'm afraid that they're going to leave.
Marilyn Manson
I was a crazy young man who let himself be blinded by his passions and obeyed only the impulses of the moment.
Gustav Mahler
Six months after that, I left Taiwan, first for Hong Kong and then for mainland China, where I spent another three months studying still more Chinese and generally kicking around the country.
Eric Allin Cornell