More Quotes by Voltaire
So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish to tyrannize will do so; for tyrants are active and ardent, and will devote themselves in the name of any number of gods, religious and otherwise, to put shackles upon sleeping men.
Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.
Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them.
The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
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 mirror is a worthless invention. The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else's eyes.
The more a man knows, the less he talks.
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.
Dare to think for yourself.
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.
