Voltaire

I was never ruined but twice: once when I lost a lawsuit and once when I won one.

I was never ruined but twice: once when I lost a lawsuit and once when I won one.

If there had been a censorship of the press in Rome we should have had today neither Horace nor Juvenal, read more

If there had been a censorship of the press in Rome we should have had today neither Horace nor Juvenal, nor the philosophical writings of Cicero.

Let us work without theorizing, 'Tis the only way to make life endurable.

Let us work without theorizing, 'Tis the only way to make life endurable.

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

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

He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked

He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked