Voltaire

Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.

To hold a pen is to be at war.

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.

What we find in books is like the fire in our hearths. We fetch it from our neighbor's, we kindle it at home, we communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all.

There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.

It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.