The art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one class of the citizens to give to the other. Voltaire More Quotes by Voltaire More Quotes From Voltaire What is madness? To have erroneous perceptions and to reason correctly from them. Voltaire madnessperceptionreason Liberty of thought is the life of the soul. Voltaire libertysoullife Fanaticism is a monster that pretends to be the child of religion Voltaire fanaticismmonsterschildren Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd and bloody religion that has ever infected the world. Voltaire atheismatheistreligion Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another. Voltaire originalityempathygenerosity Wherever my travels may lead, paradise is where I am. Voltaire spiritualattitudetravel To achieve a goal, a dream, a wish, you must plan it out for success! Voltaire goalwishdream To announce truths is an infallible receipt for being persecuted. Voltaire receiptspersecutedtruth The Jews are of all peoples the grosses, the most ferocious, the most fanatical, and the most absurd. Voltaire absurdjewreligious So it is the human condition that to wish for the greatness of one's fatherland is to wish evil to one's neighbors. The citizen of the universe would be the man who wishes his country never to be either greater or smaller, richer or poorer. Voltaire greatnessmencountry Secret griefs are more cruel than public calamities. Voltaire calamitygriefsecret God created woman to tame man. Voltaire men Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare. Voltaire boldness-and-couragedare Work is often the father of pleasure. Voltaire pleasurefather It is the first law of friendship that it has to be cultivated. The second is to be indulgent when the first law is neglected. Voltaire second-chancelawfriendship Shakespeare is a drunken savage with some imagination whose plays please only in London and Canada. Voltaire savagesimaginationplay How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted. Voltaire dadfatherchildren It is not enough to be exceptionally mad, licentious and fanatical in order to win a great reputation; it is still necessary to arrive on the scene at the right time. Voltaire winningsuccessorder History is the study of the world's crime Voltaire crimestudyworld I have wanted to kill myself a million times, Voltaire still-in-lovelove-lifewanted
