What! Have you no monks to teach, to dispute, to govern, to intrigue and to burn people who do not agree with… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
What a pessimist you are!" exclaimed Candide. "That is because I know what life is," said Martin. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“It is man´s faith to live either on agonies of fear and turmoil or in the prostration of boredom.” — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“Everything is not as good as in El-Dorado; but everything is not so bad.” — Voltaire Copy Share Image
You're a bitter man," said Candide. That's because I've lived," said Martin. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Dogs, monkeys, and parrots are a thousand times less miserable than we are. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Excellently observed", answered Candide; "but let us cultivate our garden. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
But for what purpose was the earth formed?" asked Candide. "To drive us mad," replied Martin. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Optimism," said Cacambo, "What is that?" "Alas!" replied Candide, "It is the obstinacy of maintaining that everything is best when it is… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“I have no more than twenty acres of ground," he replied, "the whole of which I cultivate myself with the help of… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“My dear young lady, when you are in love, and jealous, and have been flogged by the Inquisition, there's no knowing what… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
All men are by nature free; you have therefore an undoubted liberty to depart whenever you please, but will have many and… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
It is love; love, the comfort of the human species, the preserver of the universe, the soul of all sentient beings, love,… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
I should like to know which is worse: to be ravished a hundred times by pirates, and have a buttock cut off,… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“The shrieks were coming from two quite naked girls, who were pursued by a pair of apes snapping at their bottoms. [...]… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
All events are linked together in the best of possible worlds; after all, if you had not been driven from a fine… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense. — Voltaire Copy Share
Fanaticism, to which men are so much inclined, has always served not only to render them more brutalized but more wicked. — Voltaire Copy Share
It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part, the rest are lost in the multitude. — Voltaire Copy Share
Meslier was the most singular phenomenon ever seen among all the meteors fatal to the Christian religion. — Voltaire Copy Share
Every sensible man, every honorable man, must hold the Christian sect in horror." "Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd and bloody religion… — Voltaire Copy Share
Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them — Voltaire Copy Share
When his highness sends a ship to Egypt, does he trouble his head whether the mice on board are at their ease or not? — Voltaire Copy Share
Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively. — Voltaire Copy Share
God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well. — Voltaire Copy Share
Providence has given us hope and sleep as a compensation for the many cares of life — Voltaire Copy Share
Men use thought only to justify their wrong doings, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts. — Voltaire Copy Share
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