Quotes
Quotes - Voltaire
Every abuse ought to be reformed, unless the reform is more dangerous than the abuse itself.
Rest is a good thing, but boredom is its brother.
Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults of those beloved. He has wings, he comes quickly and flies away the same.
Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy; the mad daughter of a wise mother.
Let us work without theorizing, 'Tis the only way to make life endurable.
There are truths that are not for all men, nor for all times.
Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them.
It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue.
It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
Originality is nothing by judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.
