Voltaire

History is just a portrayal of crimes and misfortunes.

History is just a portrayal of crimes and misfortunes.

Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well

Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well

God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.

God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.

Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, in read more

Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, in human beings of whom they know nothing

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound read more

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.