Voltaire

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.'By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.'

'All murderers are punished, unless they kill in large numbers and are accompanied by the sound of trumpets.'

'Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.'

'Every man is guilty of the good he did not do.'

'God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.'

'In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens and giving it to another.'

'It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent.'

'It is not sufficient to see and know the beauty of a work; we must feel and be affected by it.'

'Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.'

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Voltaire.
(1694 - 1778)