More quotes by Voltaire

"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."
"God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well."
"It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part."
"It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets."
"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."