More quotes by Voltaire

"Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination."
"If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new."
"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)"
"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"
"The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing."