God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.

Quote by Voltaire

Topics: Audiences Quotes, God Quotes, Laughter Quotes

Minds differ still more than faces

Minds differ still more than faces

Thinking is the greatest torture in the world for most people.

Thinking is the greatest torture in the world for most people.

The ear is the avenue to the heart.

The ear is the avenue to the heart.

It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity...

It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity...

The Holy Roman Empire is neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire.

The Holy Roman Empire is neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire.

When its a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.

When its a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.

To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.

To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.

History is no more than the portrayal of crimes and misfortunes

History is no more than the portrayal of crimes and misfortunes

Prejudice is an opinion without judgment

Prejudice is an opinion without judgment

The mouth obeys poorly when the heart murmurs.

The mouth obeys poorly when the heart murmurs.

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.

Paradise was made for tender hearts; hell, for loveless hearts.

Paradise was made for tender hearts; hell, for loveless hearts.

Originality is nothing by judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.

Originality is nothing by judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

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.

The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.

The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.

Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?

Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?

Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise...

Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise...

In every author let us distinguish the man from his works.

In every author let us distinguish the man from his works.