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Voltaire Quotes

Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning! It is indeed by so doing that we can say the letter kills and the spirit gives life.

Voltaire

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Life Doing Meaning Say Spirit Woe

I'm part Maori. My mum's Maori, and she raised me. And my grandma, she's Maori.

Jemaine Clement

Me She Part Raised Grandma Mum

I just keep jogging along, and people seem to like me. And for that I am very grateful.

Ronnie Corbett

Grateful I Am People Me Seem Keep

I always read that men don't like intelligent girls, but I've always found the reverse.

Mary Wesley

Men Intelligent Always Found Like

We think of our eyes as video cameras and our brains as blank tapes to be filled with sensory inputs.

Michael Shermer

Eyes Think Brains Video Blank Our

Miles Davis had me play and he hired me the following week and after that, everything broke wide open.

Miroslav Vitous

Me Week Play Open Everything Miles

Democracy is more than a ballot box.

Mohamed ElBaradei

Democracy More Box Than Ballot

The number of flavors is infinite, for every soluble body has a peculiar flavor, like none other.

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

Body Infinite Peculiar Flavor Like

No, I've always been impressed with the tremendous resilience of the American economy. I think over the years, over the decades, it's demonstrated this tremendous ability to take severe body blows, if you will, and bounce back.

Dick Cheney

Resilience Think American You Body

Somehow, having an office that I had to go to made me want to work from home, which is easier to do if you don't have a boss waiting for you at the office, even a very blue office.

Chelsea Cain

Work Home Boss Blue Waiting Me

While our nation's attention is rightly focused on the Middle East, the North Korean threat has grown exponentially, while there seems to be a falling asleep, so to speak, at the switch when it comes to North Korea.

Cory Gardner

Speak Attention Focused Nation Seems

My favorite is Matthew 25: 'The Lord said, 'Whatever you do to the least of my brethren, you do to me.' I truly believe that.

Chris Smith

Me Believe You Said Whatever Lord

We only have one life, and it is very precious, and there's a lot we can do, and there's a lot we should do.

Selena Gomez

Life Precious Only Should Very Lot