"There are truths which are not for..." - Quote by Voltaire
There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
More by Voltaire
“The tyranny of the many would be when one body takes over the rights of others, and then exercises its power to change the laws in its favor.”
“The wicked can have only accomplices, the voluptuous have companions in debauchery, self-seekers have associates, the politic assemble the factions, the typical idler has connections, princes have courtiers. Only the virtuous have friends.”
“The more you know, the less sure you are.”
More on Truth
“Whatever you know, or don’t - only Love is real.”
“The eye which can appreciate the naked and absolute beauty of a scientific truth is far more rare than that which is attracted by a moral one.”
“If you stand right fronting and face to face to a fact, you will see the sun glimmer on both its surfaces, as if it were a cimeter, and feel its sweet edge dividing you through the heart and marrow, and so you will happily conclude your mortal career. Be it life or death, we crave only reality. If we are really dying, let us hear the rattle in our throats and feel cold in the extremities; if we are alive, let us go about our business.”
More on Relativity
“When you sit with a nice girl for two hours, it seems like two minutes; when you sit on a hot stove for two minutes, it seems like two hours. That's relativity.”
“All growth, progress, well - being, or degradation is but relative.”
“Change is always in regard to something which does not change, or which changes relatively less.”