--- title: "2 Ceremony Quotes By Voltaire" description: "2 Ceremony quotes by Voltaire. Plus more from Voltaire and more Ceremony sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c3/voltaire-173_burned_it-was-decided-by-the-university-of-coim_1398576.jpg" --- > [It was decided by the university of Coimbre that the sight of several persons being slowly burned in great ceremony is an infallible secret for preventing earthquakes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/it-was-decided-by-the-university-of-coimbre-that-the-sight-of-several/) [Voltaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltaire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c3/voltaire-173_burned_it-was-decided-by-the-university-of-coim_1398576.jpg) > [Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/animals-have-these-advantages-over-man-they-never-hear-the-clock-2/) [Voltaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltaire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/155/voltaire-173_advantage_animals-have-these-advantages-over-man-t_1875579.jpg) ## Other authors on Ceremony - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ceremony/william-shakespeare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-ambrose-bierce-12239.jpg) Ambrose Bierce 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ceremony/ambrose-bierce/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-lord-chesterfield-61094.jpg) Lord Chesterfield 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ceremony/lord-chesterfield/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jimmy-carter-49953.jpg) Jimmy Carter 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ceremony/jimmy-carter/) ## 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/ceremony/voltaire/#itemlist", "name": "2 Ceremony Quotes By Voltaire", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It was decided by the university of Coimbre that the sight of several persons being slowly burned in great ceremony is an infallible secret for preventing earthquakes.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Voltaire" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/it-was-decided-by-the-university-of-coimbre-that-the-sight-of-several/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c3/voltaire-173_burned_it-was-decided-by-the-university-of-coim_1398576.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c3/voltaire-173_burned_it-was-decided-by-the-university-of-coim_1398576.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c3/voltaire-173_burned_it-was-decided-by-the-university-of-coim_1398576.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It was decided by the university of Coimbre that the sight of several persons being slowly burned in great…” — Voltaire", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Voltaire" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/animals-have-these-advantages-over-man-they-never-hear-the-clock-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/155/voltaire-173_advantage_animals-have-these-advantages-over-man-t_1875579.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/155/voltaire-173_advantage_animals-have-these-advantages-over-man-t_1875579.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/155/voltaire-173_advantage_animals-have-these-advantages-over-man-t_1875579.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of…” — Voltaire", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ceremony/voltaire/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ceremony/voltaire/", "name": "Ceremony Quotes by Voltaire", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ceremony/voltaire/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c3/voltaire-173_burned_it-was-decided-by-the-university-of-coim_1398576.jpg" }, "description": "2 Ceremony quotes by Voltaire. 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