What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy.
- Voltaire - In Old Age
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Common sense is not so common.
- Voltaire - In Intelligence
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Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.
- Voltaire - In Love
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It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind.
- Voltaire - In Patriotism
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It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
- Voltaire - In War
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