You will certainly grant me that neither antiquity nor whatever nation has devised a more repulsive and blasphemous absurdity than that of eating your God. This is the most disgusting dogma of Christian religion, the greatest insult to the Highest Being, the climax of madness and insanity.

The greatest and noblest pleasure which we have in this world is to discover new truths, and the next is to shake off old prejudices.

Man is made for error; it enters his mind naturally, and he discovers a few truths only with the greatest effort.

It is impossible to imitate Voltaire without being Voltaire.

Great advantage is drawn from knowledge of your adversary, and when you know the measure of his intelligence and character, you can use it to play on his weakness.

A German singer! I should as soon expect to get pleasure from the neighing of my horse.

A king is the first servant and first magistrate of the state.