Quotes from Voltaire

When its a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it.

The superfluous, a very necessary thing.

If the people we love are stolen from us, the way to have them live on is to never stop loving them. Buildings burn, people die, but real love is forever.

Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults of those beloved. He has wings, he comes quickly and flies away the same.

Pleasure is the object, duty and the goal of all rational creatures.

Work is often the father of pleasure.

Self-love is the instrument of our preservation.

A man loved by a beautiful woman will always get out of trouble

Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.

Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly