And ask each passenger to tell his story, and if there is one of them all who has not cursed his existence… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
The Jews have always been waiting for a Messiah, but their Messiah is for them only, not for us, a Messiah ho… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Individual misfortunes give rise to the general good; so that the more individual misfortunes exist, the more all is fine. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Give me the patience for the small things of life, courage for the great trials of life. Help me to do my… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
It is the characteristic of the most stringent censorships that they give credibility to the opinions they attack. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the morning light, for your life and strength. Give thanks for your food,… — 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
Men must have somewhat altered the course of nature; for they were not born wolves, yet they have become wolves. God did… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
He wanted to know how they prayed to God in El Dorado. "We do not pray to him at all," said the… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Give me a few minutes to talk away my face and I can seduce the Queen of France. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
The man who leaves money to charity in his will is only giving away what no longer belongs to him — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Monsieur l'abbé, I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to… — 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
