Answer me, you who believe that animals are only machines. Has nature arranged for this animal to have all the machinery of… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongue, at our peril, risk and hazard. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Every one should be his own physician. We ought to assist, and not to force nature. Eat with moderation...Nothing is good for… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“If,” said he, “thou hast any humanity, I conjure thee to pay some regard to her beauty and weakness. How canst thou… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“Zadig saw how extremely dangerous it sometimes is to appear too knowing, and therefore resolved, that on the next occasion of the… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Men who are occupied in the restoration of health to other men, by the joint exertion of skill and humanity, are above… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“Perhaps there is nothing greater on earth than the sacrifice of youth and beauty, often of high birth, made by the gentle… — 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
