I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life.
VOLTAIREThe human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to believe.
More Voltaire Quotes
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It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge.
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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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What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
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It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.
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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.
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Perfect is the enemy of good.
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The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor
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To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid – one must also be polite.
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We are rarely proud when we are alone.
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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
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The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.
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