Isabella Mckenzie

“The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us”
― Voltaire

“He wanted to know how they prayed to God in El Dorado. "We do not pray to him at all," said the reverend sage. "We have nothing to ask of him. He has given us all we want, and we give him thanks continually.”
― Voltaire, Candide

“It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.”
― Voltaire

“Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.”
― Voltaire