Voltaire ( 10 of 94 )
For seventeen hundred years the Christian sect has done nothing but harm
For seventeen hundred years the Christian sect has done nothing but harm
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.
Poetry is the music of the soul, and, above all, of great and feeling souls.
Poetry is the music of the soul, and, above all, of great and feeling souls.
Only your friends steal your books
Only your friends steal your books
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.
Once the people begin to reason, all is lost
Once the people begin to reason, all is lost
When he who hears does not know what he who speaks means, and when he who speaks does not know read more
When he who hears does not know what he who speaks means, and when he who speaks does not know what he himself means, that is philosophy
One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition
I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition
Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need
Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need
