Voltaire | throw stones at those who are showing a new road
"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."
Voltaire
Voltaire | I disapprove of what you say
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it"
Voltaire
When a physician walks behind the coffin of his patient
"When a physician walks behind the coffin of his patient, indeed the cause sometimes follows the effect."
Voltaire oder Robert Koch oder Marcus Tullius Cicero (allegedly)
Voltaire | men can be influenced by making them think for themselves
"Controversy never convinced any man; men can be influenced by making them think for themselves, by seeming to doubt with them, by leading them as if by the hand, without their perceiving it. A good book lent to them, which they read at leisure, produces upon them surer effects, because they do not then blush to be subjugated by the superior reason of an antagonist."
Voltaire
Voltaire | our hope our illusion
"One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything's fine today, that is our illusion"
Voltaire