Men fed upon carnage, and drinking strong drinks, have all an impoisoned and acrid blood which drives them mad in a hundred different ways.
VoltaireThere is no such thing as an accident. What we call by that name is the effect of some cause which we do not see.
VoltaireWhatever you do, trample down abuses, and love those who love you. Different translation: Whatever you do, crush the infamous thing superstition, and love those who love you.
VoltaireThe discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important aims of philosophy.
Voltaire