She blushed and so did he. She greeted him in a faltering voice, and he spoke to her without knowing what he was saying.
VOLTAIREThe only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day.
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Opinions have caused more ills than the plague or earthquakes on this little globe of ours.
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Man is free at the instant he wants to be.
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I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively.
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I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.
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It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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If you have two religions in your land, the two will cut each other’s throats; but if you have thirty religions, they will dwell in peace.
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God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.
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I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life.
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No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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History never repeats itself. Man always does.
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Common sense is not so common.
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