It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
Tag: Voltaire
Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills.
God is always on the side of the big battalions.
God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.
To be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it.
God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.
In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one part of the citizens to give to the other.
Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too.