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@hotlucky56222 жыл бұрын
Voltaire is one of the few who achieved "amused mastery". love his wit
@markdemell80562 жыл бұрын
I am new to this guy ,I like him already.
@Shaylok2 жыл бұрын
My favorite: “If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.” ~ Voltaire Here and now, we are not allowed to question political correctness.
@wardibald2 жыл бұрын
Yes you are. You're doing it right now. Don't confuse "you're not allowed to do it" with "what you're doing isn't the most popular thing to do". Visit North Korea and see the difference in action if you're still confused.
@Mark732 жыл бұрын
That wasn't Voltaire. It was a Holocaust-denying neo-nazi named Kevin Alfred Strom in 1993.
@bigbackman36092 жыл бұрын
@@wardibald he is doing it anonymously... Try do this in public/work. Social punishment is often harder than the State
@Shaylok2 жыл бұрын
@@Mark73 Hmmph. I just did a Google searth and found... You are completely right. I stand corrected. Unfortunate this qoute came from such a source, but i find it no less true.
@wardibald2 жыл бұрын
@@bigbackman3609 Anonymously. On a Google platform. That's rich. I'm not the greatest fan of some of the excesses of political correctness these days, and I feel perfectly comfortable saying it. However, many people want to be full racist in plain sight and use the same argument as to why they can't, even though it's been decades at least since that was fine in most social environments. I've never known it to be that way and I'm in my forties. (For the record - I'm not saying 0P is being racist at. all.) That is why I find myself often on the side of defending PC. But all I want to do is give a nuanced opinion. That's pretty hard in today's scream-my-one-sentence-opinion-all-over-the-place-culture. What I'm arguing is, the screamers on all sides are a far bigger threat to freedom of expression than PC is and ever will be.
@michaeltroke72392 жыл бұрын
"Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats". I like that: sounds like something Bukowski could have written
@patrickmartin4002 жыл бұрын
What a gifted man. I have read most of his work. My friends never stop reading because it is a pathway to knowledge that allows us to understand the human experience without doing it.
@dont.ripfuller65872 жыл бұрын
You should tell your friends not to forget to take a break every now and then
@patrickmartin4002 жыл бұрын
@@dont.ripfuller6587 Don I take a break just they make more sense than much of what I hear and read today
@dont.ripfuller65872 жыл бұрын
@@patrickmartin400 I understand,I was jesting about the lack of comma after "friends", and the way the dynamic shifts in your original comment.
@patrickmartin4002 жыл бұрын
@@dont.ripfuller6587 Don I was a English literature major, not English grammar. I keep forgetting to proof read my comments
@schnitzelberry2 жыл бұрын
Y'all are nerds. Why dafuq can't I find friends like that here.
@ramaraocheepi78472 жыл бұрын
These are profound, emulative and thought provoking to search for the intriguing meaning -very precious quotes
@joecaner2 жыл бұрын
If a lady says no, countless clues have already gone unnoticed or unheeded.
@eduuklee94532 жыл бұрын
dont listen to a woman, look at her body language.
@@joecaner Where do you think I stole that quote from.
@joecaner2 жыл бұрын
@@mmaranta785 I knew that, but others may not so I sited the source. There was a time when it was customary to do so
@5minutesofdailymotivation7032 жыл бұрын
Lovely video! "No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for" is my favourite quote
@butbutmybutt2 жыл бұрын
Blm disagree
@weiskl8872 жыл бұрын
@@butbutmybutt if one white man lynch a black man, does it mean all while man is evil? Then how come if you assume correctly some BLM people burn then All are collectively guilty?
@nielsdejong2 жыл бұрын
@@weiskl887 Problem is, is that the autopsy report revealed that Floyd did not even have bruises on his neck. He died from an overdose of Fentanyl, which causes pressure on the lungs (I can't breathe!). Meanwhile the co founder of BLM started out as a poor marxist, and now she owns 4 houses and lives in an all white neighborhood. You got played.
@Pstephen2 жыл бұрын
So what? A socialist is allowed possessions. Oh, wait - you're actually jealous, aren't you? Floyd was suffocated; I suppose you were at the autopsy and understood what was going on; or maybe you just pulled your opinion out of your arse?
@flower22892 жыл бұрын
@@weiskl887 Any person who is involved in any way, even in a supportive role, with the BLM organization, is helping Evil to survive and grow.
@lobsterminion6932 жыл бұрын
"A state can be no better than the citizens of which it is composed" Remember this when you claim that all politicians are corrupt, because politicians come from the people, and if the politicians are corrupt then so are the people.
@MarkNiceyard2 жыл бұрын
That conclusion is very debatable! Don't make the mistake that the people and a very special group of individuals from it are the same. They are not.
@jonahkolell2 жыл бұрын
It's hard to find time to watch what happens in the house but it's funny when someone wins a seat when they clearly weren't supposed to it's either they fall in line or start screaming about the corruption as best they can.
@pauljeavons43502 жыл бұрын
Politicians are not voted in by the people they are put there by the controlling elite. The people are given a choice of one or the other political party candidates who are both committed to continuing the ruling 1%ideology. If we truly had a choice we wouldn't be in this mess.
@monadamus422 жыл бұрын
Oh man, I laughed hard at a couple of these. What wit, sick burns, and wisdom. Thank you
@entropy59122 Жыл бұрын
I imagine Voltaire to have been a very sarcastic person, who's intentions were to go against the evil actions of the politicians of that time and fight social obscenities like bigotry.
@mjnyc86552 жыл бұрын
There's a man who holds a record for hitting the nail on the head with the fewest misses.
@ANDROLOMA2 жыл бұрын
I hammer like lightning. I never strike twice in the same place. 🌩
@lorinwegand63242 жыл бұрын
I I knew to what question and to whom, I would have never had to smash me glass eye with a hammer.
@ANDROLOMA2 жыл бұрын
"That is well said, but we must cultivate our garden." -Candide
@weiskl8872 жыл бұрын
Thousands of years ago Confucianist have already made this point.
@ANDROLOMA2 жыл бұрын
@@weiskl887 Thousands of years ago someone forgot to translate Chinese into French.
@stephenharper66382 жыл бұрын
Lovely book! :)
@alexperassolo41042 жыл бұрын
I like "A mirror is a useless invention. The only way to truely see yourself is in the reflection of someone else's eyes."
@phil-sv1on2 жыл бұрын
You can add this quote by Voltaire: We will leave the world as foolish as we found it
@commoncense8382 жыл бұрын
"A witty saying proves nothing." - Voltaire. Ironic how he's still the wittiest sayer of the lot.
@michaellangan44502 жыл бұрын
No match next to Mark Twain.
@jentazim2 жыл бұрын
4:34 for the thumbnail quote.
@Channelnotactiverightnow2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much
@kubermazumder77802 жыл бұрын
"it is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they killed in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets." One of the best ever heard.
@lenhummel56142 жыл бұрын
Yes. A masterpiece of political and existential insight.🎯💯🎯🤔
@Me-ul7sm2 жыл бұрын
I didn't understand it's meaning,😔
@samiam10592 жыл бұрын
@@Me-ul7sm Kinda means that powerful people like generals and kings invade other kingdoms and kill just for their own glory and Don't get punished for their crimes since they have a large following. I think this is what it meant. Not sure tho
@shaft90002 жыл бұрын
'tis the Primate Rationale that manifests - more recently welded to the corporate nation-state and (for longer) some religious and monarchical traditions. iow, de facto fascism is alive and kicking....ironically, in the form of more and more socialism. Mussolini was a big-time Marxist just prior to his embrace of Fascism.
@m.c.martin2 жыл бұрын
@@Me-ul7sm It’s forbidden to kill unless you’re in war. That’s the criticism
@mixter7x72 жыл бұрын
“ it’s impossible to free men from the chains they revere “
@innosanto2 жыл бұрын
Better to save a guilty person Than to condemn an innocent one. Didnt think I would get shocked by wisdom today ! So profoundly true
@mjnyc86552 жыл бұрын
It isn't a matter of truth, rather of ,orality.
@sued72 жыл бұрын
So better to let a Hitler or a Dahmer go?? Not sure their victims would agree. I think there is an assumption here that we have to do one or the other. How about we remove the Hitler's from society and free there future victims from a horrible fate. At the same time let's try to be sure we don't condemn the innocent in the process.
@m.c.martin2 жыл бұрын
@@sued7 None of that is relevant to the quote. It’s better to help someone who is guilty, than to punish one who is innocent
@sued72 жыл бұрын
@@m.c.martin it's a matter of numbers. If Hitler had died during WWI 6 million people would not have been tortured and died. We have DNA now so let's be sure that they are guilty, by all means. But to say it is better to let a guilty man go because he might be innocent is to show a lack of responsibility to his potentially future victims. I understand what you are saying but it is not that simple. Life's problems rarely are.
@Ti5GR2 жыл бұрын
Keeps me engaged and amused at the same time. Seems the wisdom becomes more and more relevant each day.
@catherinemartina64692 жыл бұрын
I’m going to have to start looking up reading material from Voltaire
@ANDROLOMA2 жыл бұрын
Start with Candide, an excellent short story.
@markberryhill27152 жыл бұрын
Like Churchill and Lincoln he was a quote-making machine. The media would follow him everywhere he goes today just for an easy quote.
@taejonwills37562 жыл бұрын
History of Charles XII is his best
@GauravSharma-zk3sz2 жыл бұрын
Life is a Shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the life boats.
@demonwolf5702 жыл бұрын
WAY HAY UP SHE RISES!
@GasButin2 жыл бұрын
Voltaire incredibly insightful this was really good for me to hear.
@fountane2 жыл бұрын
4:35 Voltaire blundered his Queen on that quote, but still won the game.
@melvinmayfield4702 жыл бұрын
A JOY; Many Thanks!
@zenpaganwarrior2 жыл бұрын
I use the "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities" (or, amended to: can get you to accept their atrocities) quote when speaking to people about out current covidiocy situation. Voltaire is by far my favorite philosopher. So many of his quotes apply now more than ever before.
@nightrider61362 жыл бұрын
So relevant!
@dinsel96912 жыл бұрын
That was the worst quote on the list.. it reveals so much ignorance on the part of the one who says such a thing.
@blackrabbit2122 жыл бұрын
@@dinsel9691 How so?
@sophdog16782 жыл бұрын
I like the image used of Voltaire - he's looking at us as if to say "Yeah, I said those things - how do you like that huh?"
@toniyoung84742 жыл бұрын
Wonderful quotes. Thanks for sharing these!
@m.c.martin2 жыл бұрын
“It is forbidden to kill, therefore all murders are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of Trumpets.” 😂 my favorite one because it’s true. It’s only ok if you go to war.
@DownhillAllTheWay2 жыл бұрын
Or to the sound of aero-engines - you can rain bombs down onto towns where families are sleeping - and as long as there's a 'official' war on, that makes it all OK.
@trolltalwar2 жыл бұрын
war and murder are two different things entirely
@m.c.martin2 жыл бұрын
@@trolltalwar Solider’s still kill in war 😂
@trolltalwar2 жыл бұрын
@@m.c.martin yes but theres a huge difference between being a uniformed soldier who fights for his country and being a lunatic who goes around stalking the night looking for innocent and defenseless people to murder for his own sick pleasure. soldiers kill other soldiers. they're both trained, armed, and they both know what they got themselves into when they accepted the responsibility of fighting for their nation.
@m.c.martin2 жыл бұрын
@@trolltalwar That still goes against religion. Religion doesn’t justify murder or killing, yet war is revered. All killing is punished, unless it’s a war
@MrPelikan5002 жыл бұрын
1:47 *"The Comfort of the Rich Depends Upon an Abundant Supply of the Poor"* 2:03 *"Don't Think Money Does Everything or You are Going to End Up Doing Everything For Money"* balance this with Peter Drucker 1954 quote ... *Money is NOT Everything But its SOMETHING ESSENTIAL* .... *“Profit is like oxygen. You need it to survive, but if you think that oxygen is the purpose of your life then you're missing something”* .
@madhurawat1552 жыл бұрын
At 0:25, my favourite quote, "It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong."
@janosik1502 жыл бұрын
Out of all these videos..this one is best.
@RearAdmiralTootToot2 жыл бұрын
Voltaire was definitely a know it all. Half of his quotes are about how he is clearly smarter than all, and has acquired the right to judge of all the lesser being around him. smh
@cahillgreg2 жыл бұрын
Hey Toots - he referenced you in passing - 'the infinitely small Toots doth have an infinitely great pride born of a vast ignorance'.
@Nah_Bohdi2 жыл бұрын
Imagine if he was right though...pssh...mind=blown.
@lorinwegand63242 жыл бұрын
He also has the neatest, keenest, most bitchin' hair.
@RearAdmiralTootToot2 жыл бұрын
@lygophile Smart people don't waste their time talking about how stupid animals are or how much greater they are than ants, which would be the mark of a proud and intellectually insecure person. It may only be a millionth of the stuff he said but it is a fine summary of what he said, and a reflection of his overgrown ego.
@lorinwegand63242 жыл бұрын
@@RearAdmiralTootToot And a fabulous reflection of his "to die for" hair do.
@remquotes Жыл бұрын
Excellent Quotes!!!
@mariaantunes85452 жыл бұрын
Great thinker!
@kameijohnbosco13782 жыл бұрын
Nice👍👍 qoutes of Voltaire
@leonardmartell34002 жыл бұрын
Why is this wisdom not taught in today's schools. They would cause much laughter in the classroom, while making them think.
@suzettelawes21042 жыл бұрын
Cause it would make them smart
@suzettelawes21042 жыл бұрын
They don't want them to be smart.
@gerry4312 жыл бұрын
The last thing the State is to have a population that thinks
@christianhadden67202 жыл бұрын
you can't teach wisdom
@stephenharper66382 жыл бұрын
It is.
@lsporter882 жыл бұрын
Good points.
@darioevangelista6249 Жыл бұрын
My favourite mentor.
@vandersonvlad40822 жыл бұрын
"Prejudices are what fools use for reason" Man this never made so much sense as it does nowadays!
@WordsofWisdomquotes2 жыл бұрын
Our greatest national resource is the minds of our children.
@louburgunde97192 жыл бұрын
Everybody is corrupted until they seek the truth of God in Christ
@louburgunde97192 жыл бұрын
Children seem pure until you realize there's no such thing as real purity in the world full of sin
@renji72182 жыл бұрын
Promise neverland anybody?
@CarlosHernandez-kd2vb2 жыл бұрын
Jilambu Mustafa says ba fangul!
@stephenharper66382 жыл бұрын
@@louburgunde9719 Fundamentalist BS
@clarencehopkins78322 жыл бұрын
Excellent stuff bro
@fonwoolridge2 жыл бұрын
Excellent
@dawnemile49742 жыл бұрын
Excellent maxims to live by.
@kbinco2 жыл бұрын
I love this.
@teddyboy2526 ай бұрын
Great reading voice
@chintadasatyavathi49602 жыл бұрын
Voltaire quotes rise above the tide of time
@Saganswrld219010 ай бұрын
Simply genius.
@steelmongoose49562 жыл бұрын
Most of these could have been written last week. Timeless thinking.
@hope20292 жыл бұрын
Seems we are caught in an endless loop. A needle stuck in the groove, waiting for God's NUDGE.
@globaltips1682 жыл бұрын
Awesome
@quarant13532 жыл бұрын
I can watch this over and over.
@markberryhill27152 жыл бұрын
I suggest only watching it two or three times or you could go mad or become a Voltaire quoting maniac.
@quarant13532 жыл бұрын
@@markberryhill2715 Damn, you may be RIGHT !
@TheBrooklynbodine2 жыл бұрын
Though it's not strictly a philosophy and not included in the above collection, the quotation of Voltaire's that most resonates with me is "I may not agree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." Seems we'd all do well to heed that, and now more than ever before.
@estebanb71662 жыл бұрын
Stewie says this quote, in an episode of Family Guy. I always thought it was Mark Twain.
@hope20292 жыл бұрын
Ive heard it before-- its a great, an awesome standard to live by.
@blah89342 жыл бұрын
Voltaire a real G
@charlesmadison13842 жыл бұрын
Renown historian Will Durant introduced me to François-Marie Arouet ("Voltaire") in "The Story of Philosophy". Voltaire's "Brahmin's Tale", as retold by Durant, resonates with me still.
@tomurg2 жыл бұрын
So great seeing this in these insane times
@theblackflame40022 жыл бұрын
As the quotes were being read I could immediately put everyone of them in context to today, but more so how anyone who used those quotes would be shouted down by politicians, the media and the rest of the lemmings our society has become
@tomurg2 жыл бұрын
@@theblackflame4002 Then I count myself lucky that I don't care one bit what society thinks. At least of all those politicians who talk too much because they think it makes them look clever and emptheaded lowlifes who are to lazy to even bother to do research and critizise things simply because they can. If you go along with that you'll lose your individuality and be like everyone else.
@lorinwegand63242 жыл бұрын
Well put. And I hope when this world emplodes, there are enough of his scattered papers left to enlighten the next colony of civilization that inhabits our remains.
@francisonuman69702 жыл бұрын
He makes me smile.
@maximilianmusterhans46592 жыл бұрын
Based. Have to start reading him.
@e5officialchannel3292 жыл бұрын
Good quotes idol. Sending my full support.
@Capcoor2 жыл бұрын
If a lady says no, she means…no.
@hillywood17772 жыл бұрын
Lol... I usually mean NO when I say maybe...
@Politicallyhomeless9572 жыл бұрын
The relevance of these quotes in 2021 is incredible and exceptional
@flower22892 жыл бұрын
Basic mankind has not changed since the beginning. Nothing is truly new under the sun.
@katederrick95302 жыл бұрын
Wow, what a truly great
@edwardgabel37012 жыл бұрын
A state is no better than the citizens of which it is composed. Our labor now is not to mold states, but to make citizens.
@moester752 жыл бұрын
“Cherish those that seek truth” “But be wary of those that find it” That is very profound imho. The American people despise the truth and that transcends race and gender.
@sorellman2 жыл бұрын
That because we are not here to unveil absolute truth. We are here to unveil layers of truth.
@Well-Put2 жыл бұрын
"Everyone who does evil hates the light(truth), and will not come into the light(truth), for fear that their deeds will be exposed."
@abseiduk2 жыл бұрын
Truth 'found' is nothing but arrogance and self delusion.
@allendaigle63512 жыл бұрын
True ,true ,true it was said , before it was written
@zakosist2 жыл бұрын
1:15 I cant think of a single time I have seen my reflection in someone's eyes. And mirrors are actually useful sometimes, like when removing something from your eyes. But most of these quotes I agree with
@samiam10592 жыл бұрын
Can you please explain 1:35 ? Is it about powerful people who commit genocides in war?
@RockyBoltzano2 жыл бұрын
You're taking this too literally, the first part of the quote is a shock statement to give everything more of an impact. Of course mirrors are useful, but they can be counterproductive when misused, like when judging your own worth. In the second part, I don't think he's talking about reflection in the physical sense, but about how others see you vs how you see yourself. Your capability to see/judge yourself is inherently biased while others can see/judge you more accurately. Of course there are exceptions for this too. The main purpose of these quotes are to give you food for thought, new perspectives, rules of thumb, delivered in an artfully crafted way.
@HiAdrian2 жыл бұрын
@@samiam1059 Yes, it's about that (i.e. states, armies)
@ANDROLOMA2 жыл бұрын
@@RockyBoltzano Good job at understanding, Rocky.
@markberryhill27152 жыл бұрын
Voltaire swung for the fences. Sometimes he struck out. Kinda like Dave Kingman.
@mikablumers85782 жыл бұрын
The real question is: how does a lady express a refusal?
@lloydkline15182 жыл бұрын
When a woman say no; it mean maybe
@heatherlynn34382 жыл бұрын
Never look into the mirror of a narcissist for your reflection
@akunakii37822 жыл бұрын
this man hits my point
@quotestudio81592 жыл бұрын
Good work brother... Your quote selection is amusing
@ANDROLOMA2 жыл бұрын
Were they wikiquoted?
@yordalyn2 жыл бұрын
On his deathbed, asked by a priest if he renounces evil, his answer: "Now is not the time to make powerful enemies".
@FilipRanogajec2 жыл бұрын
Truly wise. Perhaps the only writer of old I really respect and appreciate.
@Galifamackus2 жыл бұрын
lots of value in books of the old you should check out, a goldmine of philosophy would be stoicism imo
@Pstephen2 жыл бұрын
How about Montaign?
@sgtboz97302 жыл бұрын
Wow, he was great.
@lightshift34312 жыл бұрын
Its better if women tell you what they mean rather than a man telling you what they mean. Women aren't cloned just as men aren't duplicates of each other. Just like men some women have character and just like men some women don't. When some women say no they mean ... no.
@elpidiogonzalez81932 жыл бұрын
Women hardly tell you the truth. If you ask, what's wrong? Nothing. Hungry? No. It's there something you like? No, it's ok, I'm fine. The list is endless. Ah, if they say I saw something at this store! Translation: I'm buying it and don't say a word!
@v.gopalakrishnan3502 жыл бұрын
Most of them profound!
@11x3342 жыл бұрын
⚡voooooltaire
@DownhillAllTheWay2 жыл бұрын
"The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of reason" Can you think of any politician who took this to heart? "People were kissing and hugging - there was a lot of love in that crowd"
@RoberttAvro2 жыл бұрын
I don't know who you are referencing in particular, I assume it's Trump, but I can think of many politicians and political activists from all across the political spectrum, many members of the mainstream media, as well as modern political/social movements the Voltaire quote would apply to.
@DownhillAllTheWay2 жыл бұрын
@@RoberttAvro Yes, Trump was the one who came to my mind when I read that Voltaire quote - but the Trump quotation that I highlighted - about the "love" between demonstrators and police on Jan-06 was one of the more extreme and ridiculous quotes - but Trump has made a _modus operandi_ out of repeating lies with the expectation that if people hear them enough, they will take them to heart - and indeed, it's an aphorism that seems to work among his followers. There is no evidence of a "stolen" election, but most of his followers seem to believe it was stolen - simply because their leader (who they trust) has said so - and said so, and said so - and, of course, becuse it is in their interests to believe it. It's something to do with the human psyche - when we hear things from trusted sources, we tend to believe them - children hear about Santa Clause from their parents; grown-ups hear about the immaculate conception from church elders. There's no proof of it - who examined her? But a 17 yearf old girl, possibly facing a stoning for being pregnant before marriage, says "I don't know how this happened. I'm a virgin - honest!" - and millions of people believe it fervently. And, of course, there have been several notable scientific hoaxes that have been believed because they were published by trusted scientists - that have fooled the wider scientific community - at least for a while. Let's face it, we're easily taken in - especially by an experienced taker innerer.
@dennis-xw8rp2 жыл бұрын
@@DownhillAllTheWay What does the immaculate conception have to do with anyone's virginity? (Hint: nothing) Seriously, get a clue!
@DownhillAllTheWay2 жыл бұрын
@@dennis-xw8rp Yes, you're right. I got my terms mixed up. The point in was making is that humans will believe anything if the right person tells them - Santa Claus and the virgin birth being two cases in point. Other cases are manifold.
@bvniermann58592 жыл бұрын
Oh nice Music 👸🏼🙂😉🦊🤔🎶🎶🎶
@kevindunkley69742 жыл бұрын
No Voltaire you trying get a brother in trouble like r Kelly no means no
@yvettemarshallTWN2 жыл бұрын
I’m all about Voltaire! 👍🏽 To me when he stated: “The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else’s eyes” he means with your “heart eyes” or the eyes of love. Because love is truth laid bare. You see all the flaws equally with the virtues-and still you cherish. 💚
@dinsel96912 жыл бұрын
NOPE
@yvettemarshallTWN2 жыл бұрын
@@dinsel9691 well, guess you ran into someone (or maybe you are that someone?) who couldn’t deal with the flaws! Suppose that depends on what KIND OF FLAWS. 👀
@djinnxx70502 жыл бұрын
@@yvettemarshallTWN It's not really to do with love. I get where you're coming from with that interpretation, you're a romantic, but it doesn't work logically. When a woman loves a man (or man loves a man, or man loves a woman, or attack helicopter loves a giraffe, whatever... ), she doesn't love him for who he really is, but for what she believes him to be. She loves an idealised version of him she created in her own mind that he will, inevitably, fail to live up to. That is what causes the vast majority of relationship issues and breakups. It's kinda sad. Men aren't free from guilt of having an idealised vision of her either. Shit goes both ways. A man viewing another man, on the other hand, sees the monster in himself and then places those impurities upon any other man he sees. So he will most likely see the worst version of himself in other men, or something close to it. That's why it's occasionally said that when men hate eachother, it's because they see things they hate about themselves, whether they share or lack a particular trait or asset the other has. Neither offers a truly accurate reflection of you. Merely either side of the same coin, idealised and exaggerated to some degree. Looking at yourself from the eyes of another, to look outside of yourself and turn your gaze back, it means to imagine what others would see. "If I saw me and I wasn't me, what would I see..." It's means to be self critical, to look at your past self and say "he was a... ", and strive to be better today, to become someone else. In a positive sense. It's not about love, it's self improvement. I guess you could say self love, but as an immature individual I would be unable to keep a straight face with such terminology.
@yvettemarshallTWN2 жыл бұрын
@@djinnxx7050 Immature individuals aren’t mature enough to speak on love, sense what they most likely saw and experienced was offered by others who were also twisted up about the emotion. You may call me a romantic who has her feet firmly planted in reality (in astrology my relationship energy is Venus in Capricorn, (7th house-courtship); basically, Saturn. Saturn also rules my marriage energy (8th house-Aquarius)-which makes me unconventional yet devoted in both these areas. Look it up). Logic is the last refuge of those who fear the truth of love. It’s not unicorns and cupcakes, love’s looking at yourself, seeing your truth, and yes loving-esteeming, having compassion for what you regard. This doesn’t happen in a vacuum, it must be practiced, sometimes in the eyes of another, where no lies can survive. Love is radical and only for those brave enough to look directly into it’s eyes.
@djinnxx70502 жыл бұрын
@@yvettemarshallTWN You lost me the moment you started talking about astrology. I mean, i'm the immature one who isn't mature enough to speak on love, and then you start talking about astrology... If only irony could kill.
@robertosavy30182 жыл бұрын
Love it, awesomeness 🤯👌💯🙉😏😏😏😙😙😙😙😙🍿🙈🥃.
@dont.ripfuller65872 жыл бұрын
Lettuce dancing and reading is pretty amusing, but the carrots wearing glasses takes the cake
@tsbrownie2 жыл бұрын
Do you use a text to speech engine? If so, it's very good.
@TheRealXyvar2 жыл бұрын
The last quote made me intrigued, I wonder what it means
@ernawiyati91612 жыл бұрын
Thanks for you🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂
@guilhermemachonikuscrottiu62682 жыл бұрын
No water, all hit in one way or another. Thanks.
@quarant13532 жыл бұрын
Who can give a thumbs down to Voltaire ?!
@sorellman2 жыл бұрын
Church people. He was a Freemason. "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities" is a direct shot at the church and its absurd dogma.
@MsAppassionata2 жыл бұрын
I can with some of his quotes, especially the one about when a lady says no.
@laurentcherrier84922 жыл бұрын
Voltaire one of the most brilliant Spirit! I m proud to be french!
@ozguray85102 жыл бұрын
If Voltaire had a chance to know you, he probably shame about you
@pierrebotella36032 жыл бұрын
I'm French too but I find maybe missing better quotes than some of these. Voltaire was very bright and witty. Some regret his cynicism, but what a talent for emphasizing hypocrisy.
@lorinwegand63242 жыл бұрын
To all in France, please forgive Laurent for not capitalizing the "f" in French. And for all French, thank you for your contribution. to the kissing empire.
@djinnxx70502 жыл бұрын
Well you shouldn't be. Go and look all moody smoking outside a café shop whilst wearing your little beret and onion necklace, and stripey sweater, and then eat a bicycle. Unless it was a Belgian that ate bikes. In which case, eat some frogs and snails instead. We'll see how proud you are then, looking like an artist who's just stolen some onions.
@lorinwegand63242 жыл бұрын
@@djinnxx7050 I believe, dear responder, your reply about smoking in a cafe shop, ended up in my mail, and most importantly and profoundly, had no relation or connection to my statement about thanking the French for their contribution to the kissing empire. If the connection was to be made, however, you're co-co for Cocoa Puffs.
@Longtack552 жыл бұрын
"If a lady says no" assume she means it. Me.
@joecaner2 жыл бұрын
If a lady says no, countless clues have already gone unnoticed or unheeded.
@Nah_Bohdi2 жыл бұрын
No, dont..please stop. No Dont Stop.
@Longtack552 жыл бұрын
@@Nah_Bohdi Nice try, but unless punctuated as in the correct original, the point may be lost.
@josepherhardt1642 жыл бұрын
0:40 Voltaire's version of Steven Weinberg's quote.
@jeremyburnett5542 жыл бұрын
I agree with every statement except for the first one. "Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world." people have been killed for reading, as have they killed by dancing. the very existence of reading itself is an act of harm upon our world, for what do we read upon but the resources which we take without giving. and dancing causes vibrations that have set off more than one deadly butterfly effect, I'm sure.
@INEEDADAMUSERNAME2 жыл бұрын
"You Must Construct Additional Pylons" -Protoss Advisor
@aardvarkhendricks65552 жыл бұрын
Lol. So out of place at first but words of wisdom in certain digital universes.
@vidalskyociosen33262 жыл бұрын
Marriage for cowardly ?! Damn! Voltaire could be a secret MGTOW and the world just don’t know it.
@timdecious93862 жыл бұрын
"Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly." To me he's saying marriage is an adventure, and during his time marriages were often for money or power not love, so require little courage. I doubt he meant it negatively against marriage, but you could attempt to find the context of that quote. I don't care enough.
@vidalskyociosen33262 жыл бұрын
@@timdecious9386 Nikola Tesla , Leonardo da Vinci , Beethoveen , etc. somewhat they all meant the same thing.
@Nah_Bohdi2 жыл бұрын
That last one...I roundly say "No."
@sportstv12172 жыл бұрын
Voltaire is a twin of Newton
@Splatterpunk_OldNewYork2 жыл бұрын
Voiltaire's the best.
@anthonydied86972 жыл бұрын
Go with it. believe me when I say. This is what it is... and nothing more...
@rogerhuggettjr.76752 жыл бұрын
The one profound mistake is his quote "Cherish those that seek the truth, but beware those that find it." Its pride that thinks its noble to wander in the desert for wisdom, but sees foolishness in anyone who actually claims to have found any profit in doing so.
@stephenbarringer2352 жыл бұрын
Very true. It reminds me of a quote of C.S. Lewis's that I have always liked, from THE GREAT DIVORCE: "To travel hopefully is better than to arrive." "If that were true, and known to be true, how could anyone travel hopefully? There would be nothing to hope for."
@rogerhuggettjr.76752 жыл бұрын
@@stephenbarringer235 An interesting fact about Voltaire; he claimed that Sir Isaac Newton's faith had made him mad. After Voltaire's death his home was used as a place to print Bibles. God always wins.
@rogerhuggettjr.76752 жыл бұрын
@lygophile But it insures a view that all people that claim to have an answer are viewed as disingenuous and you have no trustworthy guides. If any religion is true you can not in good faith accept it and you're doomed to the wilderness.
@rogerhuggettjr.76752 жыл бұрын
@lygophile If you were starving to death and there were 100 foods in front of you and 99 were poison would you want some help finding the right one or just choose to perish to avoid making an error. Many religions say that failure to choose right has eternal consequences. If one of those is true it makes sense to seek out those that claim to know rather than huddling with those that think that truth is unknowable. To not try is to literally forfeit your soul.
@rogerhuggettjr.76752 жыл бұрын
@lygophile I could tell you that I'm fully convinced in the truth of Christianity, beyond the facts that eliminate many faiths or those that confirm it that I could point to, but subjective experience is only persuasive to the one experiencing it. My point is to convince you that the danger of ignoring the issue of eternity is higher risk that trying and failing. If there is a God of mercy that requires anything of you He's more likely to aid in your efforts if you aren't fatalistic or apathetic to the thought of making the most major question of your life a priority.
@joecaner2 жыл бұрын
One knows when a lady means no, and The message is usually delivered wordlessly.
@EMan-qg6dv2 жыл бұрын
~Joe Caner
@EMan-qg6dv2 жыл бұрын
@PrinceRichard 😶
@joecaner2 жыл бұрын
@PrinceRichard DEFINITELY! Go for it dude!
@recyclespinning98392 жыл бұрын
Its forbidden to kill , unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of 🎺 trumpets. So true.
@yeolblt2 жыл бұрын
Conquerors are famous mass murdering rulers and leaders.