Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wear · Voltaire — Escritas.org

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Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults of those beloved. Fie has wings, he comes quickly and flies away the same.

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We all look for happiness, but without knowing where to find it: like drunkards who look for their house, knowing dimly that they have one. It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue. ‘The Leningrad Notebooks’ (c .1735–50) in T. Besterman (ed.) Voltaire’s Notebook (2nd ed., 1968) vol. 2, p. 455 When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion. Who has not the spirit of his age, Of his age has all the unhappiness. 12 Letter to Madame du Châtelet

If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.

Albert Einstein No one loves the man whom he fears.

Aristóteles A friend to all is a friend to none.

Aristóteles Do not wait for the last judgement. It comes every day.

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Voltaire

1694-11-21 — 1778-05-30 · Paris

Voltaire was a prolific French writer, historian, and philosopher, a central figure of the Enlightenment. Known for his sharp intellect, sense of humor, and advocacy for freedom of speech, he vehemently criticized religious intolerance and the tyranny of the aristocracy and clergy of his time. His vast work spans poetry, essays, plays, correspondence, and philosophical texts, exerting a profound influence on Western thought.