Voltaire Birthday Quotations

What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy.

He who has not the spirit of this age, has all the misery of it.

The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on which depends the rest of our days.

Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.

It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.