1767

Explore 3 quotes from the year 1767

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: "Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous." And God granted it.

Voltaire

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Topic

Enemies

Author

Voltaire

Medium

Letter

Language

French

Time

1767 1760s 18th century

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Citation

Voltaire. Letter to Etienne Noel Damilaville. 16 May 1767.

Every step and every movement of the multitude, even in what are termed enlightened ages, are made with equal blindness to the future; and nations stumble upon establishments, which are indeed the result of human action, but not the execution of any human design.

Adam Ferguson

An Essay on the History of Civil Society

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Topic

Randomness Forces of history

Author

Adam Ferguson

Source

An Essay on the History of Civil Society

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1767 1760s 18th century

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Original Citation

Ferguson, Adam. "Of the History of Policy and Arts." An Essay on the History of Civil Society. London: A. Millar & T. Caddel, 1767.

Current Citation

Ferguson, Adam. "Of the History of Policy and Arts." Ferguson: An Essay on the History of Civil Society, edited by Fania Oz-Salzberger. Cambridge University Press, 1996.

Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.

Voltaire

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Topic

History

Author

Voltaire

Language

French

Time

1767 1760s 18th century

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Original Citation

Voltaire. L'ingenu. 1767, ch. 10.

Current Citation

Voltaire. "Ingenuous." Candide, Zadig and Selected Stories, translated by Daniel A. Frame. Signet, 2009, ch. 10.