God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
If there’s life on other planets, then the earth is the Universe’s insane asylum. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Most of my life has been one tragedy after another, most of which hasn't happened. — 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
Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Life is thickly sown with thorns. I know no other remedy than to pass rapidly over them. The longer we dwell on… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Who are you, Nature? I live in you; for fifty years I have been seeking you, and I have not found you… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“And to every man has been assigned a good and an evil angel; one assisting him and the other annoying him, from… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
In my life, I have prayed but one prayer: oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the morning light, for your life and strength. Give thanks for your food,… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
We should be considerate to the living; to the dead we owe only the truth. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
A minister of state is excusable for the harm he does when the helm of government has forced his hand in a… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
You have no control over the hand that life deals you, but how you play that hand is entirely up to you. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Once your faith persuades you to believe what your intelligence declares absurd, beware, lest you likewise sacrifice your reason in the conduct… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Religion was instituted to make us happy in this life and in the other. What must we do to be happy in… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“Upon what does happiness depend?” said Zadig; “I am persecuted by everything in the world, even on account of beings that have… — 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
