Death Quotes by Voltaire

This is no time to make new enemies.

— Voltaire

Now, now my good man, this is no time for making enemies.

— Voltaire

Those who believe absurdities will commit atrocities.

— Voltaire

An admiral should be put to death now and then to encourage the others.

— Voltaire

Tears are the silent language of grief.

— Voltaire

Mortals are equal; their mask differs.

— Voltaire

“on doit des égards aux vivants, on ne doit aux morts que la vérité.”

— Voltaire

Secret griefs are more cruel than public calamities.

— Voltaire

I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it.

— Voltaire

I do not agree with a word that you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

— Voltaire

He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend - provided, of course, that he really is dead.

— Voltaire

It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape.

— Voltaire

I disapprove of what you say, but I defend to the death your right to say it.

— Voltaire

We should be considerate to the living; to the dead we owe only the truth.

— Voltaire

The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from…

— Voltaire

The famous physician Dumoulin said when dying, 'I leave two great physicians behind me, simple food and pure water.'

— Voltaire

Je ne suis pas d'accord avec ce que vous dites, mais je d‚fendrai jusqu'... la mort le droit que vous avez de…

— Voltaire

Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no…

— Voltaire

Men who have seen life and death... as an unbroken continuum, the swinging pendulum, have been able to move as freely into…

— Voltaire

Opinion is called the queen of the world; it is so, for when reason opposes it, it is condemned to death. It…

— Voltaire

“What can be feared when one is doing one's duty? I know the rage of my enemies. I know all their slanders;…

— Voltaire

“What is the verdict of the vastest mind? Silence: the book of fate is closed to us. Man is a stranger to…

— Voltaire

Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no…

— Voltaire

I may not agree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

— Voltaire

But in this country it is necessary, now and then, to put one admiral to death in order to inspire the others…

— Voltaire