Voltaire

I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the…

Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do…

Common sense is not so common…

How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child’s board. It is…

Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the most tolerance, but until now…

I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom…

The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be…

Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal…

The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to…

It is not sufficient to see and to know the beauty of a work. We…

If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him…

God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh…

All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women…

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: ‘O Lord…

The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease…