Voltaire

Nature has always had more force than education…

Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe…

Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce…

Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make…

He who is not just is severe, he who is not wise is sad…

The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours…

The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay all it…

Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable…

Very learned women are to be found, in the same manner as female warriors but…

It is said that the present is pregnant with the future…

In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from…

Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination…

Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise…

He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend provided, of course, he really…

Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others…