Voltaire

The more a man knows, the more he forgives.

Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.

Beware of the books. It is not the book that is dangerous, but the spirit of the people who read it.

Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.

The world is a old stage, and we are the actors.

The instruction we have received from nature is to love our country.

Man is born to live and to die, and to be deceived.

It is not enough to conquer; one must know how to make use of victory.

What is tolerance? It is the prerogative of humanity. We are all full of weakness and errors; let us reciprocally pardon each other's follies—it is the first law of nature.

The pen is mightier than the sword.

It is an established fact that the Christians, who were so ready to burn others, themselves were burned in turn.

The more we are enlightened, the more we are free.

Ignorance is the mother of superstition.