Voltaire

Changing a habit is hard work. But it’s harder to find work that would be more fulfilling.

Voltaire

Chess is a game which reflects most honor on human wit.

Voltaire

Clever tyrants are never punished.

Voltaire

Common sense is genius in homespun.

Voltaire

Constant happiness is the philosopher’s stone of the soul.

Voltaire

Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day.

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.

Voltaire

Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.

Voltaire

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

Voltaire

Faith consists in believing not what seems true, but what seems false to our understanding.

Voltaire