--- title: "5 Admiral Quotes By Voltaire" description: "5 Admiral quotes by Voltaire. Plus more from Voltaire and more Admiral sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40d/voltaire-173_admiral_but-in-this-country-it-is-necessary-now_132980.png" --- > [But in this country it is necessary, now and then, to put one admiral to death in order to inspire the others…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/but-in-this-country-it-is-necessary-now-and-then-to-put-one-admiral/) [Voltaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltaire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40d/voltaire-173_admiral_but-in-this-country-it-is-necessary-now_132980.png) > [An admiral should be put to death now and then to encourage the others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/an-admiral-should-be-put-to-death-now-and-then-to-encourage-the-others/) [Voltaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltaire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c8/voltaire-173_admiral_an-admiral-should-be-put-to-death-now-an_440618.png) > [In this country it is a good thing to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/in-this-country-it-is-a-good-thing-to-kill-an-admiral-from-time-to/) [Voltaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltaire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/750/voltaire-173_admiral_in-this-country-it-is-a-good-thing-to-ki_933456.png) > [ In this country \[England\] it is good to kill an admiral from time to time, to encourage the others. The reference is… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/in-this-country-england-it-is-good-to-kill-an-admiral-from-time-to/) [Voltaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltaire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4dd/voltaire-173_admiral_in-this-country-england-it-is-good-to-ki_1952391.png) > [In this country we find it pays to shoot an admiral from time to time to encourage the others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/in-this-country-we-find-it-pays-to-shoot-an-admiral-from-time-to-time/) [Voltaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltaire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c66/voltaire-173_admiral_in-this-country-we-find-it-pays-to-shoot_2396932.jpg) ## Other authors on Admiral ## More by Voltaire > [In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/in-every-province-the-chief-occupations-in-order-of-importance-are/) [Voltaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltaire/) > [Fanaticism, to which men are so much inclined, has always served not only to render them more brutalized but more wicked.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/fanaticism-to-which-men-are-so-much-inclined-has-always-served-not/) [Voltaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltaire/) > [History is the study of the world's crime](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/history-is-the-study-of-the-world-s-crime/) [Voltaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltaire/) > [We’re neither pure, nor wise, nor good; we do the best we know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/we-re-neither-pure-nor-wise-nor-good-we-do-the-best-we-know/) [Voltaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltaire/) > [It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part, the rest are lost in the multitude.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/it-is-with-books-as-with-men-a-very-small-number-play-a-great-part/) [Voltaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltaire/) > [Meslier was the most singular phenomenon ever seen among all the meteors fatal to the Christian religion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/meslier-was-the-most-singular-phenomenon-ever-seen-among-all-the/) [Voltaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltaire/) > [Every sensible man, every honorable man, must hold the Christian sect in horror." "Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd and bloody religion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/every-sensible-man-every-honorable-man-must-hold-the-christian-sect/) [Voltaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltaire/) > [Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/being-unable-to-make-people-more-reasonable-i-preferred-to-be-happy/) [Voltaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltaire/) > [When his highness sends a ship to Egypt, does he trouble his head whether the mice on board are at their ease or not?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/when-his-highness-sends-a-ship-to-egypt-does-he-trouble-his-head/) [Voltaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltaire/) > [Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/madness-is-to-think-of-too-many-things-in-succession-too-fast-or-of/) [Voltaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltaire/) > [God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/god-gave-us-the-gift-of-life-it-is-up-to-us-to-give-ourselves-the/) [Voltaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltaire/) > [It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/it-is-not-inequality-which-is-the-real-misfortune-it-is-dependence/) [Voltaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltaire/) > [Providence has given us hope and sleep as a compensation for the many cares of life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/providence-has-given-us-hope-and-sleep-as-a-compensation-for-the-many/) [Voltaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltaire/) > [Men use thought only to justify their wrong doings, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/men-use-thought-only-to-justify-their-wrong-doings-and-employ-speech/) [Voltaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltaire/) > [Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/work-spares-us-from-three-evils-boredom-vice-and-need/) [Voltaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltaire/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/admiral/voltaire/#itemlist", "name": "5 Admiral Quotes By Voltaire", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "But in this country it is necessary, now and then, to put one admiral to death in order to inspire the others to fight.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Voltaire" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/but-in-this-country-it-is-necessary-now-and-then-to-put-one-admiral/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40d/voltaire-173_admiral_but-in-this-country-it-is-necessary-now_132980.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40d/voltaire-173_admiral_but-in-this-country-it-is-necessary-now_132980.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40d/voltaire-173_admiral_but-in-this-country-it-is-necessary-now_132980.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“But in this country it is necessary, now and then, to put one admiral to death in order to inspire the…” — Voltaire", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "An admiral should be put to death now and then to encourage the others.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Voltaire" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/an-admiral-should-be-put-to-death-now-and-then-to-encourage-the-others/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c8/voltaire-173_admiral_an-admiral-should-be-put-to-death-now-an_440618.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c8/voltaire-173_admiral_an-admiral-should-be-put-to-death-now-an_440618.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c8/voltaire-173_admiral_an-admiral-should-be-put-to-death-now-an_440618.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“An admiral should be put to death now and then to encourage the others.” — Voltaire", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In this country it is a good thing to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Voltaire" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/in-this-country-it-is-a-good-thing-to-kill-an-admiral-from-time-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/750/voltaire-173_admiral_in-this-country-it-is-a-good-thing-to-ki_933456.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/750/voltaire-173_admiral_in-this-country-it-is-a-good-thing-to-ki_933456.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/750/voltaire-173_admiral_in-this-country-it-is-a-good-thing-to-ki_933456.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In this country it is a good thing to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others.” — Voltaire", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In this country [England] it is good to kill an admiral from time to time, to encourage the others. 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