More Quotes by Voltaire
In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another.
The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
Je ne suis pas d'accord avec ce que vous dites, mais je d‚fendrai jusqu'... la mort le droit que vous avez de le dire/ I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it
The more a man knows, the less he talks.
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.
Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills.
The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to believe.
The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.
Doctors put drugs of which they know little into bodies of which they know less for diseases of which they know nothing at all.
The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
