Voltaire

It would be easier to subjugate the entire universe through force than the minds of a single village.

Voltaire

Know that the secret of the arts is to correct nature.

Voltaire

Language is a very difficult thing to put into words.

Voltaire

Let each of us boldly and honestly say: How little it is that I really know!

Voltaire

Let the punishments of criminals be useful. A hanged man is good for nothing; a man condemned to public works still serves the country, and is a living lesson.

Voltaire

Let us confess it: evil strides the world.

Voltaire

Let us help one another to bear our burdens.

Voltaire

Let us leave every man at liberty to seek into him and to lose himself in his ideas.

Voltaire

Let us read and let us dance – two amusements that will never do any harm to the world.

Voltaire

‎Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.

Voltaire