Voltaire Quotes

What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.

Voltaire

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: November 21, 1694 - May 30, 1778

Topics

NatureLawToleranceHumanityFirst

Green technologies - going green - is bigger than the Internet. It could be the biggest economic opportunity of the 21st century.

John Doerr

OpportunityGreenInternetBigger

Guilt can prevent us from setting the boundaries that would be in our best interests, and in other people's best interests.

Melody Beattie

BestPeopleGuiltBoundariesUsOur

Never short of guns and guerrillas, Afghanistan has proven fertile ground for a host of insurgent groups in addition to the Taliban.

Anand Gopal

ShortNeverAfghanistanGunsGround

There is not racial or ethnic domination of hopelessness. It's everywhere.

Sidney Poitier

HopelessnessRacialEthnicDomination

I am single. Acting can make it hard to have profound relationships if you're not careful. You get into this pattern of three-month, four-month jobs and 'what's the next adventure.'

Tom Hollander

AdventureI AmYouActingProfound

Every well-dressed gentleman must have an all-cotton oxford cloth button-down shirt from Brooks Brothers.

Roger Stone

GentlemanShirtMustBrothersOxford

I don't think I'm a home run hitter. Most of my home runs are line drives. If I hit it, thanks God. But it's not the kind of thing that I think about. I just go out there and try to have a better season than I had before. Home runs are not in my mind.

Robinson Cano

HomeGodMindThinkBetterRun

The radical otherness of birds is integral to their beauty and their value. They are always among us but never of us. Their indifference to us ought to serve as a chastening reminder that we're not the measure of all things.

Jonathan Franzen

BeautyValueBirdsMeasureNeverUs

With Net Neutrality, the level playing field that gave us Google, YouTube and eBay when they were start-ups would suddenly start to tilt in favor of the big, established players.

Chellie Pingree

StartGoogleYouTubeBigPlayingUs

I was living in Maryland and my first week was dreadful. My first week I actually got into a fight at school.

Christina Milian

FightSchoolWeekLivingFirstGot

I am not embarrassed to tell you that I believe in miracles.

Corazon Aquino

PositiveI AmBelieveYouMiracles

Mistakes you can learn from; sins stay with you forever.

Corey Taylor

MistakesLearnYouForeverStay

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