Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.
Voltaire Quotes
Once the people begin to reason, all is lost.
Antiquity is full of eulogies of another more remote antiquity.
Anyone who seeks to destroy the passions instead of controlling them is trying to play the angel.
What is tolerance? – it is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other’s folly – that is the first law of nature.
Love truth, but pardon error.
One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion.
All is for the best in the best of possible worlds.
It requires ages to destroy a popular opinion.
The best way to be boring is to leave nothing out.
