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 cards in order to win the game. – Voltaire
It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape. – Voltaire
Wherever there is a settled society, religion is necessary; the laws cover manifest crimes, and religion covers secret crimes. – Voltaire
Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the most tolerance, but until now Christians have been the most intolerant of all men. – Voltaire
I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be resigned and tell myself that flies are born to be eaten by spiders and man to be devoured by sorrow. – Voltaire
It is not known precisely where angels dwell whether in the air, the void, or the planets. It has not been God’s pleasure that we should be informed of their abode. – Voltaire
I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil. – Voltaire
We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongue, at our peril, risk and hazard. – Voltaire
In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another. – Voltaire
It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue. – Voltaire
