A Quote by Voltaire

History in general is a collection of crimes, follies, and misfortunes among which we have now and then met with a few virtues, and some happy times.

Voltaire

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Voltaire
French - Writer
November 21, 1694 - May 30, 1778

Antoninus diffused order and tranquility over the greatest part of the earth. His reign is marked by the rare advantage of furnishing very few materials for history; which is, indeed, little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.

Edward Gibbon

History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.

Edward Gibbon

History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.

Edward Gibbon

History is but the record of crimes and misfortunes. L'histoire n'est que le tableau des crimes et des malheurs

Voltaire

History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes.

Voltaire

Properly speaking, history is nothing but the crimes and misfortunes of the human race.

Pierre Bayle

Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.

Voltaire

History, in fact, is no more than a list of the crimes of humanity, human follies and accidents

Edward Gibbon

Were the talents and virtues, which Heaven has bestowed on men, given merely to make then more obedient drudges, to be sacrificed to the follies and ambition of a few? Or, were not the noble gifts so equally dispensed with a divine purpose and law, that they should as nearly as possible be equally exerted, and the blessings of Providence be equally enjoyed by all?

Samuel Adams

I have met him a few times. What can I say - Maradona is one of the best players in football history.

Luka Modric

Actions receive their tincture from the times, And as they change are virtues made or crimes

Daniel Defoe

Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another?

Thomas Jefferson

For the credit of virtue we must admit that the greatest misfortunes of men are those into which they fall through their crimes.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

I'm an expert at killing time on planes now. I do a lot of reading. My secret sort of nerdy side is I'm quite into history so I read a lot of history books. Now I write for a few things and I've had a few history things published, which is cool. I indulge my nerdy side and it's kind of as far away as you can get from the acting world so that's nice as well.

Jeremy Irvine

We are met today in a general conference. Sometimes, I hear, the people feel, some of them, that perhaps we are not quite as "peppy" as we ought to be. But this is not a Church convention. This is a general conference where we meet for general counsel and advice. It is a place to which we come for the results of the reflective operations of our minds.