She blushed and so did he. She greeted him in a faltering voice, and he spoke to her without knowing what he was saying.
VOLTAIREWhat is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
More Voltaire Quotes
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We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
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Men argue. Nature acts.
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Our 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.
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The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor
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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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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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The more a man knows, the less he talks.
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Injustice in the end produces independence.
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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
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It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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Each 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.
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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
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