Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
VOLTAIREMadness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively.
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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Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.
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If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
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Let us cultivate our garden.
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She blushed and so did he. She greeted him in a faltering voice, and he spoke to her without knowing what he was saying.
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One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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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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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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In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.
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The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
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The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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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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The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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