More From Voltaire
- "The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay all it possibly can pay for the benefit of the other third."
- "Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us."
- "It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets."