Every sensible man, every honorable man, must hold the Christian sect in horror." "Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd and… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Everything happens through immutable laws, ...everything is necessary... There are, some persons say, some events which are necessary and others which are… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him; let us worship God through Jesus if we must -… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
If we would destroy the Christian religion, we must first of all destroy man's belief in the Bible. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
You see, Mademoiselle, I have experience, I know the world. To pass the time, why don't you ask every passenger to tell… — 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
I read these words which are the sum of all moral philosophy, and which cut short all the disputes of the casuists:… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Let us therefore reject all superstition in order to become more human; but in speaking against fanaticism, let us not imitate the… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
If there had been a censorship of the press in Rome we should have had today neither Horace nor Juvenal, nor the… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
If the bookseller happens to desire a privilege for his merchandise, whether he is selling Rabelais or the Fathers of the Church,… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
If there were only one religion in England there would be danger of despotism, if there were two, they would cut each… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
If you are attacked as regards your style, never reply; it is for your work alone to make answer. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
If mankind were born tomorrow it would divide into groups; each would scramble to invent their one and only god, and set… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
If we do not exert the right of eating our neighbor, it is because we have other means of making good cheer — Voltaire Copy Share Image
The only reward to be expected from literature is contempt if one fails and hatred if one succeeds. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
If there are atheists, who is to be blamed if not the mercenary tyrants of souls who, in revolting us against their… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
If you wish to obtain a great name or to found an establishment, be completely mad; but be sure that your madness… — 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
