Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them.
VOLTAIREPrejudices are what fools use for reason.
More Voltaire Quotes
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Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
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Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
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We are rarely proud when we are alone.
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Injustice in the end produces independence.
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If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
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Dare to think for yourself.
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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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Let us cultivate our garden.
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History never repeats itself. Man always does.
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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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The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor
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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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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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