Men who have seen life and death... as an unbroken continuum, the swinging pendulum, have been able to move as freely into death as they walked through life. Socrates went to the grave almost perplexed by his companions' tears.
VoltairePleasure has its time; so too, has wisdom. Make love in thy youth, and in old age attend to thy salvation.
VoltaireHistory is only the pattern of silken slippers descending the stairs to the thunder of hobnailed boots climbing upward from below.
VoltaireIt has taken seas of blood to drown the idol of despotism, but the English do not think they bought their laws too dearly.
Voltaire