Tag Archives: Voltaire

Thought For the Day: The Tyranny of the Many Would Be When One Body Takes Over the Rights of Others, and Then Exercises Its Power To Change the Laws In Its Favor

Posted on March 16, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“The tyranny of the many would be when one body takes over the rights of others, and then exercises its power to change the laws in its favor.” – Voltaire (1694-1778)

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Thought For the Day: Those Who Can Make You Believe In Absurdities Can Make You Commit Atrocities

Posted on October 30, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Those who can make you believe in absurdities can make you commit atrocities!” – Voltaire (1694-1778)

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Thought For the Day: Let the Laws Be Clear, Uniform and Precise; To Interpret Laws Is Almost Always To Corrupt Them

Posted on June 24, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Let the laws be clear, uniform and precise; to interpret laws is almost always to corrupt them.” – Voltaire (1694-1778)

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Thought For the Day: I Have Chosen To Be Happy Because It’s Good For My Health

Posted on November 30, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“I have chosen to be happy because it’s good for my health.” — Voltaire

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Thought for the Day: There Is Guilt In the Omission of Doing Good

Posted on November 21, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Every man is guilty of all the good he didn’t do.” – Voltaire, philosopher (21 Nov 1694-1778)

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Thought For the Day: Happiness Is A Healthy Choice

Posted on July 30, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“I have chosen to be happy because it’s good for my health.” – Voltaire

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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Voltaire – Letters On the English

Posted on February 10, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

We have previously looked at the life and legacy of Voltaire. Please review this information elsewhere on this blog. Letters on the English or Letters Concerning the English Nation is a series of essays written by Voltaire on his living in … Continue reading →

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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Letter XI—On Inoculation – Voltaire

Posted on November 21, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

As we have previously discussed before, Letters On the English is a series of essay by Voltaire based on his experience of living in England between 1726 and 1729. It is in a sense an attack on the French system of … Continue reading →

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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics – Letters on the English – Voltaire

Posted on September 4, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

Letters On the English or in French Lettres Philosophiques is a series of essays from Voltaire based on his time living in England from 1726 through 1729. These essays were first published in 1733 and are sometimes compared and contrasted with … Continue reading →

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