Now, now my good man, this is no time to be making enemies."(Voltaire on his deathbed in response to a priest asking him that he renounce Satan.)
I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.
If you want good laws, burn those you have and make new ones.
If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciproc
Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors.
The best is the enemy of good.
I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom.
Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?
I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.
At a great distance appeared with the same pomp the sheep of Thebes, the dog of Bubastis, the cat of Phoebe, the crocodile of Arsinoe, the goat of Mendes, and all the inferior gods of Egypt, who came...
Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.
In cities where peace and the arts flourish, men are more consumed by jealousy, worry, and anxiety than they are in cities under the blight of a besieging army. Private sorrows are more bitter than pu...
It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.
Weakness on both sides is as we know the motto of all quarrels.
Common sense is not so common.
It is forbidden to kill therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
Tears are the silent language of grief.
Fear succeeds crime - it is its punishment.