About Voltaire
François-Marie Arouet (French: [fʁɑ̃swa maʁi aʁwɛ]; 21 November 1694 – 30 May 1778), known by his nom de plume M. de Voltaire (, US also ; French: [vɔltɛːʁ]), was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher (philosophe), satirist, and historian. Famous for his wit and his criticism of Christianity (especially of the...
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The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
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Thoughts, like fleas, jump from man to man, but they don't bite everybody.
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Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.
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In every work of genius we see our own rejected thoughts.