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
But nothing is more estimable than a physician who, having studied nature from his youth, knows the properties of the human body,… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Let each of us boldly and honestly say: How little it is that I really know! — 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
A physician is one who pours drugs of which he knows little into a body of which he knows less. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Los Padres have everything and the people have nothing; 'tis the masterpiece of reason and justice. For my part, I know nothing… — 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
It is reported in the supplement of the council of Nicæan that the fathers, being very perplexed to know which were the… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
I know of no great men except those who have rendered great service to the human race. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
We know that all the arts are brothers, that each of them illuminates another, and that a universal light results. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
As you know, the Inquisition is an admirable and wholly Christian invention to make the pope and the monks more powerful and… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Life is bristling with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to cultivate one's garden. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Life is thickly sown with thorns. I know no other remedy than to pass rapidly over them. The longer we dwell on… — 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
There are two things for which animals are to be envied: they know nothing of future evils, or of what people say… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
The Deluge: A punishment inflicted on the human race by an all-knowing God, who, through not having foreseen the wickedness of men,… — 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
