Voltaire Quotes:
Ocupation: Writer
Life: November 21, 1694 - May 30, 1778
Birthday: November 21
Death: May 30
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.
source: "Le Siecle de Louis XIV (The Age of Louis XIV)". Book by Voltaire (Chapter VI), 1751.
topic: Funny, Life, Failure, Guilty Conscience, Everyman, Feeling Guilty, Not Guilty, Shame And Guilt
