Whosoever does not know how to recognize the faults of great men is incapable of estimating their perfections.
VoltaireYou have no control over the hand that life deals you, but how you play that hand is entirely up to you.
VoltaireWoe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning! It is indeed by so doing that we can say the letter kills and the spirit gives life.
Voltaire