When his highness sends a ship to Egypt, does he trouble his head whether the mice on board are at their ease… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
When he who hears does not know what he who speaks means, and when he who speaks does not know what he… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
I know of nothing more laughable than a doctor who does not die of old age. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
If God did not exist, He would have to be invented. But all nature cries aloud that he does exist: that there… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Which is more dangerous: fanaticism or atheism? Fanaticism is certainly a thousand times more deadly; for atheism inspires no bloody passion whereas… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
If one does not reflect, one thinks oneself master of everything; but when one does reflect, one realizes that one is master… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Dont think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Our character is composed of our ideas and our feelings: and, since it has been proved that we give ourselves neither feelings… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
The system of Descartes... seemed to give a plausible reason for all those phenomena; and this reason seemed more just, as it… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
The institution of religion exists only to keep mankind in order, and to make men merit the goodness of God by their… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Now, you receive all your ideas; therefore you receive your wish, you wish therefore necessarily. The word "liberty" does not therefore belong… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Love has various lodgings; the same word does not always signify the same thing. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
I confess that my stomach does not take to this style of cooking. I cannot accept calves sweetbreads swimming in a salty… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
The worthy administrators of justice are like a cat set to take care of a cheese, lest it should be gnawed by… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
It does not require great art, or magnificently trained eloquence, to prove that Christians should tolerate each other. I, however, am going… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
War is the greatest of all crimes; and yet there is no aggressor who does not color his crime with the pretext… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
The prudent man does himself good; the virtuous one does it to other men. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Quand celui à qui l'on parle ne comprend pas et celui qui parle ne se comprend pas, c'est de la métaphysique When… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Whosoever does not know how to recognize the faults of great men is incapable of estimating their perfections. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Fanaticism, to which men are so much inclined, has always served not only to render them more brutalized but more wicked. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
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 Image
Meslier was the most singular phenomenon ever seen among all the meteors fatal to the Christian religion. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
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 Image
Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them — Voltaire Copy Share Image
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 Image
Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
