“The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.”
Quote by Voltaire
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“Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes.”
“As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities.”
“An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.”
“Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.”
Source: Voltaire in His Letters: Being a Selection from His Correspondence
“The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it.”
“To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.”
“Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them.”
“It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one.”
Source: Candide: and other writings