"A woman can keep one secret the..." - Quote by Voltaire

“Most of my life has been one tragedy after another, most of which hasn't happened.”

“The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be contrary to it. Oppositions of colors contrast; but there are also colors contrary to each other, that is, which produce an ill effect because they shock the eye when brought very near it.”

“Thought depends absolutely on the stomach, but in spite of that, those who have the best stomachs are not the best thinkers.”

“If a woman possesses manly virtues one should run away from her; and if she does not possess them she runs away from herself.”

“Clever and attractive women do not want to vote; they are willing to let men govern as long as they govern men.”

“Women know not the whole of their coquetry.”

“If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.”

“No one ever keeps a secret so well as a child.”

“Love remains a secret even when spoken, for only a true lover truly knows that he is loved.”