The rude beginnings of every art acquire a greater celebrity than the art in perfection; he who first played the fiddle was looked upon as a demigod.
VoltaireThe monster, fanaticism, still exists, and whoever seeks after truth will run the risk of being persecuted.
VoltaireThe multiplicity of facts and writings is become so great that every thing must soon be reduced to extracts and dictionaries.
VoltaireMen fed upon carnage, and drinking strong drinks, have all an impoisoned and acrid blood which drives them mad in a hundred different ways.
Voltaire