More quotes by Voltaire

"The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease."
"There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times."
"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."
"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)"
"The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important aims of philosophy."