VOLTAIRE

"Man is free at the instant he wants to be."

"It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part."

"The more a man knows, the less he talks."

"The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor"

"If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize."

"History never repeats itself. Man always does."

"Faith consists in believing what reason cannot."

"I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health."

"Sensual pleasure passes and vanishes, but the friendship between us, the mutual confidence, the delight of the heart, the enchantment of the soul, these things do not perish and can never be destroyed."

"One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything's fine today, that is our illusion."

"I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way."

"Don't think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money."

"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."

"‎Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats."

"It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster."

"When a man is in love, jealous, and just whipped by the Inquisition, he is no longer himself."

"Love truth, but pardon error."

"I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion."

"Injustice in the end produces independence."

"The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity."

"The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing."

"May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies."