Anyone who seeks to destroy the passions instead of controlling them is trying to play the angel.

Quote by Voltaire

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It is fancy rather than taste which produces so many new fashions

It is fancy rather than taste which produces so many new fashions

I advise you to go on living solely to enrage those who are paying your...

I advise you to go on living solely to enrage those who are paying your...

To the wicked, everything serves as pretext.

To the wicked, everything serves as pretext.

All murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of...

All murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of...

The mouth obeys poorly when the heart murmurs.

The mouth obeys poorly when the heart murmurs.

Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.

Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.

The ancients recommended us to sacrifice to the Graces, but Milton sacrificed to the Devil.

The ancients recommended us to sacrifice to the Graces, but Milton sacrificed to the Devil.

Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.

Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.

Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too

Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too

The sovereign is called a tyrant who knows no laws but his caprice.

The sovereign is called a tyrant who knows no laws but his caprice.

It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.

It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.

Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd, and bloody religion that has ever infected...

Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd, and bloody religion that has ever infected...

Philosopher: A lover of wisdom, which is to say, Truth

Philosopher: A lover of wisdom, which is to say, Truth

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

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

We cannot wish for that we know not.

We cannot wish for that we know not.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass...

Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass...

Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives; very few are...

Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives; very few are...

Some die too young, some die too old; the precept sounds strange, but die at...

Some die too young, some die too old; the precept sounds strange, but die at...

Middle age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone...

Middle age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone...

When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading.

When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading.