“My friend, you see how perishable are the riches of this world; there is nothing solid but virtue, and the happiness of seeing Cunegonde once more.”

― Voltaire, Candide

topic:happiness virtue

To create a beautiful custom image, click the button below to use it online for free

“Tragedy . . . belonged to the ancient time, to a time when there was still privacy, love, and friendship, and when the members of a family stood by one another without needing to know the reason.”

― George Orwell, 1984

“We might call what lies at the foundation of this process the memory of the heart; it is much more intimate than that of the head.”

― Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation

“a person can’t change all at once.”

― Stephen King, The Stand

“It takes two people to make you, and one people to die. That's how the world is going to end.”

― William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying

“Being in a foreign country means walking a tightrope high above the ground without the net afforded a person by the country where he has his family, colleagues, and friends, and where he can easily say what he has to say in a language he has...”

― Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

“So farewell, hope; and with hope farewell, fear; farewell, remorse!”

― John Milton, Paradise Lost

“He was a simple man who didn’t feel inferior about his lack of education and, even more amazing, showed no superiority because he had succeeded despite that lack.”

― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

“Religion is one of the great civilizing influences of history”

― Isaac Asimov, Foundation

“If this is the best of possible worlds, what then are the others?”

― Voltaire, Candide

“They have a word for people our age. They call us children and they treat us like mice.”

― Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game

Recommended Topics

money greatness pleasure light speech honesty meaning appearance children soul philosophy talking ignorance trust suffering hate imagination living peace weakness

© Copyright 2024 QuoteImageAI