Voltaire

All the citizens of a state cannot be equally powerful, but they may be equally free

All the citizens of a state cannot be equally powerful, but they may be equally free

If God did not exist it would be necessary to invent Him.

If God did not exist it would be necessary to invent Him.

It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier read more

It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge

Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who read more

Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.

Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well

Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well