Voltaire

Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them.

Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them.

Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively

Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively

I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition

I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition

A long dispute means both parties are wrong

A long dispute means both parties are wrong

Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly

Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly