Quote of Voltaire - It is not love we should...
Biography - Voltaire:
François-Marie Arouet, known by his nom de plume Voltaire was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher.
Born: 1694 - Died: 1778
Period:
18th century
17th century
Place of birth: France
Born: 1694 - Died: 1778
Period:
18th century
17th century
Place of birth: France
It is not love we should have painted blind, but self-love.
Translation
(French, German)
See also...
Quotes about love:
Where love rules, there is no will to power and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.
Quotes about self-love:
Whatever discoveries have been made in the region of self-love, there remain many unexplored territories there.
The attachment or indifference which philosophers have shown to life is only the style of their self love, about which we can no more dispute than of that of the palate or of the choice of colours.
Voltaire also said...
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