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- God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.
- Voltaire (1694 - 1778), (attributed)
- Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills.
- Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
- History is a pack of lies we play on the dead.
- Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
- Indolence is sweet, and its consequences bitter.
- Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
- Each player must accept the cards life deals him.
But once they are in hand, he alone must decide
how to play the cards in order to win the game. - Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
- I disapprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it.
- Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
- God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.
- Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
- I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: "O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous." And God granted it.
- Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
- To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.
- Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
- The public is a ferocious beast -- one must either chain it up or flee from it.
- Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
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