Knows Quotes by Voltaire

The sovereign is called a tyrant who knows no laws but his caprice.

— Voltaire

Know that the secret of the arts is to correct nature.

— Voltaire

“He is the man who knows everything and never dies.”

— Voltaire

I also know that we should cultivate our gardens.

— Voltaire

To really enjoy pleasures, you must know how to leave them.

— Voltaire

I know of nothing more laughable than a doctor who does not die of old age.

— Voltaire

Let each of us boldly and honestly say: How little it is that I really know!

— Voltaire

The more you know, the less sure you are.

— Voltaire

A physician is one who pours drugs of which he knows little into a body of which he knows less.

— Voltaire

I know of no great men except those who have rendered great service to the human race.

— Voltaire

When he who hears does not know what he who speaks means, and when he who speaks does not know what he…

— Voltaire

Whosoever does not know how to recognize the faults of great men is incapable of estimating their perfections.

— Voltaire

Life is bristling with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to cultivate one's garden.

— Voltaire

If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.

— Voltaire

As you know, the Inquisition is an admirable and wholly Christian invention to make the pope and the monks more powerful and…

— Voltaire

There are two things for which animals are to be envied: they know nothing of future evils, or of what people say…

— Voltaire

Los Padres have everything and the people have nothing; 'tis the masterpiece of reason and justice. For my part, I know nothing…

— Voltaire

The Deluge: A punishment inflicted on the human race by an all-knowing God, who, through not having foreseen the wickedness of men,…

— Voltaire

Life is thickly sown with thorns. I know no other remedy than to pass rapidly over them. The longer we dwell on…

— Voltaire

But nothing is more estimable than a physician who, having studied nature from his youth, knows the properties of the human body,…

— Voltaire

You see, Mademoiselle, I have experience, I know the world. To pass the time, why don't you ask every passenger to tell…

— Voltaire

It is reported in the supplement of the council of Nicæan that the fathers, being very perplexed to know which were the…

— Voltaire

We know that all the arts are brothers, that each of them illuminates another, and that a universal light results.

— Voltaire