To hold a pen is to be at war.
VOLTAIRETo hold a pen is to be at war.
VOLTAIREOur wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.
VOLTAIREIt is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
VOLTAIREEvery man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
VOLTAIREIn every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.
VOLTAIRECommon sense is not so common.
VOLTAIREIt is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.
VOLTAIREThe happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.
VOLTAIREUncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
VOLTAIRELet us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.
VOLTAIREEach player must accept the cards life deals him or her; but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.
VOLTAIREIf God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
VOLTAIREI don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
VOLTAIREThe secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
VOLTAIREDoubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
VOLTAIREMen are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
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