Even in those cities which seem to enjoy the blessings of peace, and where the arts florish, the inhabitants are devoured by envy, cares and anxieties, which are greater plagues than any expirienced in a town when it is under siege.
VoltaireTags: envy
Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
VoltaireIt is as impossible to translate poetry as it is to translate music.
VoltaireIn every author, let us distinguish the man from his work.
VoltaireEverything is not as good as in El-Dorado; but everything is not so bad.
VoltaireGod is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best.
VoltaireI am the best-natured creature in the world, and yet I have already killed three, and of these three two were priests.
VoltaireWhy should you think it so strange that in some countries there are monkeys which insinuates themselves into the good graces of the ladies; they are a fourth part human, as I am a fourth part Spaniard.
VoltaireGod has punished the knave, and the devil has drowned the rest.
Voltaireto find why this sheep's wool was red; and the prize was awarded to a learned man of the North, who demonstrated by A plus B minus C divided by Z, that the sheep must be red, and die of the rot.
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