More From Voltaire
- "The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all."
- "It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind."
- "I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: “O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.” And God granted it."
More In Women
- "I have never met anyone who did not support our troops. Sometimes, however, we hear accusations that someone or some group does not support the men and women serving in our Armed Forces. But this is pure demagoguery, and it is intellectually dishonest."― Ron Paul
- "Good-humoured, unaffected girls, will not do for a man who has been used to sensible women. They are two distinct orders of being."― Jane Austen
- "It has been very erotic and provocative for people to wonder about my feelings for women."― Catherine Deneuve