Voltaire

He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend - provided, of course, that he really is dead.

He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend - provided, of course, that he really is dead.

History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play upon the dead.

History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play upon the dead.

If God has created us in His image, we have more than returned the compliment.

If God has created us in His image, we have more than returned the compliment.

Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them.

Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them.

Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need

Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need