Voltaire

"The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing."

"The secret of being a bore is to tell everything."

"It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets."

"Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day."

"The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood."

"God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well."

"Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce."

"We all look for happiness, but without knowing where to find it: like drunkards who look for their house, knowing dimly that they have one"

"I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it."(Letter to Étienne Noël Damilaville, May 16, 1767)"

"It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part."

"He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked."

"It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge."

"Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it."

"Love truth, but pardon error."

"The ear is the avenue to the heart."

"The perfect is the enemy of the good."

"God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere."

"It is said that God is always on the side of the big battalions."

"Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her; but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cars in order to win the game."

"God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well."