The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself.
By : Voltaire
Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they die.
By : Voltaire
What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error
By : Voltaire
I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: "O Lord make my enemies ridiculous." And God granted it.
By : Voltaire
How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted.
By : Voltaire
Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.
By : Voltaire
We must cultivate our own garden. When man was put in the garden of Eden he was put there so that he should work, which proves that man was not born to rest.
By : Voltaire
The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be contrary to it. Oppositions of colors contrast
By : Voltaire