#be

The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay all it possibly can pay for the benefit of the other third. ↗

— Voltaire

#benefit #government #make #nation #other

Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument. ↗

— Voltaire

#argue #argument #best #dinner #dinner table

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

— Voltaire

#bandage #beloved #comes #conceals #faults

Better is the enemy of good. ↗

— Voltaire

#enemy #good

The secret of being a bore... is to tell everything. ↗

— Voltaire

#bore #everything #secret #tell

Divorce is probably of nearly the same date as marriage. I believe, however, that marriage is some weeks the more ancient. ↗

— Voltaire

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The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination. ↗

— Voltaire

#benevolent #best #government #occasional #tempered

The mouth obeys poorly when the heart murmurs. ↗

— Voltaire

#mouth #murmurs #obeys #poorly

About astrology and palmistry: they are good because they make people vivid and full of possibilities. They are communism at its best. Everybody has a birthday and almost everybody has a palm. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

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The best way to be boring is to leave nothing out. ↗

— Voltaire

#best way #boring #leave #nothing #out