Voltaire https://www.shawnconn.com/authors/voltaire en Perfection https://www.shawnconn.com/quotes/perfection <article role="article" class="quote teaser clearfix"><h2> <a href="https://www.shawnconn.com/quotes/perfection" rel="bookmark"><span>Perfection</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="https://www.shawnconn.com/quotes/perfection" rel="tag" title="Perfection" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about Perfection</span></a></li></ul><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien. (Perfect is the enemy of the good)</p> </div> </div> </article> Mon, 25 Jul 2016 04:59:11 +0000 Shawn Conn 116 at https://www.shawnconn.com Passivity https://www.shawnconn.com/quotes/passivity <article role="article" class="quote teaser clearfix"><h2> <a href="https://www.shawnconn.com/quotes/passivity" rel="bookmark"><span>Passivity</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="https://www.shawnconn.com/quotes/passivity" rel="tag" title="Passivity" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about Passivity</span></a></li></ul><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Un ministre est excusable du mal qu’il fait, lorsque le gouvernail de l’État est forcé dans sa main par les tempêtes; mais dans le calme il est coupable de tout le bien qu’il ne fait pas. (A minister of state is excusable for the harm he does when the helm of government has forced his hand in a storm; but in the calm he is guilty of all the good he does not do.)</p><p>Commonly paraphrased:  Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.</p></div> </div> </article> Wed, 24 Aug 2011 01:15:03 +0000 Shawn Conn 99 at https://www.shawnconn.com If God did not exist https://www.shawnconn.com/quotes/if-god-did-not-exist <article role="article" class="quote teaser clearfix"><h2> <a href="https://www.shawnconn.com/quotes/if-god-did-not-exist" rel="bookmark"><span>If God did not exist</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="node-readmore"><a href="https://www.shawnconn.com/quotes/if-god-did-not-exist" rel="tag" title="If God did not exist" hreflang="en">Read more<span class="visually-hidden"> about If God did not exist</span></a></li></ul><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item">If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.</div> </div> </article> Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:56:06 +0000 Shawn Conn 22 at https://www.shawnconn.com