Voltaire

The multitude of books is making us ignorant.

Cela est bien, repondit Candide, mais il faut cultiver notre jardin.

Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said.

All comes out even at the end of the day, and all comes out still more even when all the days are over.

We are at the end of all our troubles, and at the beginning of happiness

Such then is the human condition, that to wish greatness for one's country is to wish harm to one's neighbors.

She blushed and so did he. She greeted him in a faltering voice, and he spoke to her without knowing what he was saying.

But there must be some pleasure in condemning everything — in perceiving faults where others think they see beauties.'
'You mean there is pleasure in having no pleasure.

I hate women because they always know where things are.

The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all.

L’amour est de toutes les passions la plus forte, parce qu’elle attaque à la fois la tête, le cœur et le corps.

If God has made us in his image, we have returned him the favor.

أن التسامح في خلاصة القول, لم يتسبب قط في إثارة الفتن والحروب الأهلية, في حين أن عدم التسامح قد عمَم المذابح على وجه الأرض .

الكتب كالبشر .. قليل منها يلعب دورا عظيما

Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.