Voltaire

"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)"

"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 cards in order to win the game."

"The ear is the avenue to the heart."

"There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times."

"To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid - one must also be polite."

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

"I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil."

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

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

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

"It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster."

"We never live; we are always in the expectation of living."

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

"I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion."

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

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

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

"Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world."

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

"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)"