Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
VOLTAIREThe more a man knows, the less he talks.
More Voltaire Quotes
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To hold a pen is to be at war.
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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
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Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.
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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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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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Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
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Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
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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 more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life.
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Opinions have caused more ills than the plague or earthquakes on this little globe of ours.
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Minds differ still more than faces.
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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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