Quotes by Voltaire

Originality is nothing but judicious plagiarism. >>

To announce truths is an infallible receipt for being persecuted. >>

He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise. >>

Quotations about Ancestry

If your descent is from heroic sires, show in your life a remnant of t >>

Englishmen hate Liberty and Equality too much to understand them. But >>

High birth is an accident, not a virtue. >>

Do well and you will have no need for ancestors.

Voltaire