Voltaire1694–1778If God has created us in His image, we have more than returned the compliment.
When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
Letter to Mme. d’Épinal, Ferney (26 December 1760) from Oeuvres Complètes de Voltaire: Correspondance (Garnier frères, Paris, 1881), vol. IX, letter # 4390 (p. 124)- “Whether it is useful to maintain the people in superstition,” Treatise on Toleration (1763)





