What did Voltaire mean by: The more a man knows, the less he talks. - Voltaire Philosopher and writer · France Copy
+ A historian has many duties… the first is not to slander; the second is not to bore Explain Feraz Zeid, December 27, 2023January 10, 2024, Voltaire, Duty, Slander, 0 - Voltaire Philosopher and writer · France
+ It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce. Feraz Zeid, October 26, 2023December 26, 2023, Voltaire, Political, Politics, Seduction, 0 - Voltaire Philosopher and writer · France
+ It is fancy rather than taste which produces so many new fashions Explain Feraz Zeid, December 27, 2023January 10, 2024, Voltaire, Clothes, Fancy, Fashion, 0 - Voltaire Philosopher and writer · France
+ Prejudices are what fools use for reason. Explain Feraz Zeid, August 14, 2023December 29, 2023, Voltaire, Fool, Prejudice, 0 - Voltaire Philosopher and writer · France
+ Doubt is not a very agreeable status, but certainty is a ridiculous one. Explain Feraz Zeid, December 27, 2023January 10, 2024, Voltaire, Certainty, Doubt, Ridiculous, 0 - Voltaire Philosopher and writer · France
+ Slavery is also as ancient as war, and war as human nature. Feraz Zeid, September 10, 2023December 24, 2023, Voltaire, Human, Slavery, War, 0 - Voltaire Philosopher and writer · France
+ It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce. Explain Feraz Zeid, May 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Voltaire, Conquest, Seduction, War, 0 - Voltaire Philosopher and writer · France
+ If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize. Explain Feraz Zeid, December 27, 2023January 10, 2024, Voltaire, Criticize, 0 - Voltaire Philosopher and writer · France
I’ve taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art. Explain - Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Sculptor · Ukraine
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
