The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all.
Voltaire
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At home in L.A., Sunday is lazy. It's the wife and me lying in bed with coffee, watching 'The Soup' or something funny on TiVo. The kid will occasionally join us. Eventually, breakfast is at a place down the street called Paty's. And we always have some kind of great dinner - my wife makes a great roast beef. -
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More quotes by Voltaire
- What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy.
- He who has not the spirit of this age, has all the misery of it.
- We are rarely proud when we are alone.
- Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.
- Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable.