Voltaire

If there were no God, it would have been necessary to invent him.

If there were no God, it would have been necessary to invent him.

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.

It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue.

It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue.

I know of no great men except those who have rendered great service to the human race.

I know of no great men except those who have rendered great service to the human race.

Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason.

Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason.