Voltaire

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

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

The public is a ferocious beast: one must either chain it up or flee from it.

The public is a ferocious beast: one must either chain it up or flee from it.

Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively

Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively

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

Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults of those beloved. He has read more

Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults of those beloved. He has wings, he comes quickly and flies away the same.