02c. 1736 ADThe king [Frederic] has sent me some of his dirty linen to wash; I will wash yours another time.Francis M. Voltaire / quote ↗
03c. 1736 ADMen use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.Francis M. Voltaire / quote ↗
04c. 1736 ADHistory is little else than a picture of human crimes and misfortunes.Francis M. Voltaire / quote ↗
05c. 1736 ADThe first who was king was a fortunate soldier: Who serves his country well has no need of ancestors.Francis M. Voltaire / quote ↗
06c. 1736 ADIn the best of possible worlds the château of monseigneur the baron was the most beautiful of châteaux, and madame the best of possible baronesses.Francis M. Voltaire / quote ↗
07c. 1736 ADIn this country [England] it is well to kill from time to time an admiral to encourage the others.Francis M. Voltaire / quote ↗
10c. 1736 ADThere are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.Francis M. Voltaire / quote ↗
12c. 1736 ADIt is said that God is always on the side of the heaviest battalions.Francis M. Voltaire / quote ↗
14c. 1736 ADIt is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part; the rest are confounded with the multitude.Francis M. Voltaire / quote ↗
15c. 1736 ADThe secret of tiring is to say everything that can be said on the subject.Francis M. Voltaire / quote ↗
17c. 1736 ADAll sects are different, because they come from men; morality is everywhere the same, because it comes from God.Francis M. Voltaire / quote ↗
18c. 1736 ADThe opportunity to do mischief is found a hundred times a day, and that of doing good once a year.Francis M. Voltaire / quote ↗
20c. 1736 ADPoetry is the music of the soul, and, above all, of great and feeling souls.Francis M. Voltaire / quote ↗
22c. 1736 ADI die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition.Francis M. Voltaire / quote ↗
23c. 1736 ADVirtue is everywhere the same, because it comes from God, while everything else is of men.Francis M. Voltaire / quote ↗
24c. 1736 ADAll the makers of dictionaries, all the compilers of opinions already printed, we may term plagiarists, but honest plagiarists, who arrogate not the merit of invention.Francis M. Voltaire / quote ↗
