Voltaire Deathbed Quotes & Sayings

China's stock market is inextricably tied to politics. — Kenneth Fisher

Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none. — Benjamin Franklin

I sympathize afresh with the mighty Voltaire, who, when badgered on his deathbed and urged to renounce the devil, murmured that this was no time to be making enemies. — Christopher Hitchens

The reason I can't follow the old eye-for-an-eye philosophy is that it ends up leaving everyone blind. — Martin Luther King Jr.

Just be careful, Mary Jo. Be very careful. You've made mistakes. Everyone makes mistakes. One you should not make is to imagine that Christy will ever be Adam's mate. He is mine, and unlike her, I don't throw away people who are mine. — Patricia Briggs

We had an awfully good ball club that was capable of beating anybody. They were that good. — John Oldham

Comics are my first love, and I hate seeing an art form that I love suffer. — Gerard Way

No matter how many times we read "King Lear," never shall we find the good king banging his tankard in high revelry, all woes forgotten, at a jolly reunion with all three daughters and their lapdogs. Never will Emma rally, revived by the sympathetic salts in Flaubert's father's timely tear. Whatever evolution this or that popular character has gone through between the book covers, his fate is fixed in our minds ... — Vladimir Nabokov

You can exercise your authority as a
believer because you are seated with Jesus in the heavenly places. — Pedro Okoro

I'm fascinated by the whole concept of snake handling. When you read about the Pentecostal snake handlers, what strikes you the most is their commitment. — Lucinda Williams

Liberty is the parent of truth, but truth and decency are sometimes at variance. All men and all propositions are to be treated here as they deserve, and there are many who have no claim either to respect or decency. — Samuel Johnson

Imagining and visualising the situation prepares you for any challenge — Debra Searle

Now, now my good man, this is no time to be making enemies.
(Voltaire on his deathbed in response to a priest asking him that he renounce Satan.) — Voltaire