All men are by nature free; you have therefore an undoubted liberty to depart whenever you please, but will have many and great difficulties to encounter in passing the frontiers.
Weitere Zitate von Voltaire
Zum Autor"All the known world excepting only savage nations is governed by books."
"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."
"Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road."
"All men are born with a nose and five fingers, but no one is born with a knowledge of God."
"Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly."
"The world embarrasses me and I cannot dream That this watch exists and has no watchmaker."