I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life. This ridiculous weakness is… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
I loved him as we always love the first time: with idolatry and wild passion. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“Beautiful maiden,” answered Candide, “when a man is in love, is jealous, and has been flogged by the Inquisition, he becomes lost… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
No, nothing has the power to part me from you; our love is based upon virtue, and will last as long as… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“I have been in several provinces of that kingdom. In some, one half of the people are fools and madmen; in some,… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Alas...I too have known love, that ruler of hearts, that soul of our soul: it's never brought me anything except one kiss… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
The abuse of grace is affectation, as the abuse of the sublime is absurdity; all perfection is nearly a fault. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“I know this love, that sovereign of hearts, that soul of our souls; yet it never cost me more than a kiss… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
This self-love is the instrument of our preservation; it resembles the provision for the perpetuity of mankind: it is necessary, it is… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
I have wanted to kill myself a million times, but somehow I am still in love with life. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
He was my equal in beauty, a paragon of grace and charm, sparkling with wit, and burning with love. I adored him… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“...he inquired into the cause and effect, as well as into the sufficing reason that had reduced Pangloss to so miserable a… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Excellently observed", answered Candide; "but let us cultivate our garden. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
He who is involved in ecstasies and visions, who takes dreams for reality, and his own imagination for prophesy, is a fanatical… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Love has various lodgings; the same word does not always signify the same thing. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“Were you ever in France, Mr. Martin?" said Candide. "Yes," said Martin, "I have been in several provinces. In some one-half of… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“That is why all romantics are anti-Voltairean, even Michelet, whose political fervor ought to have made him stand aligned with Voltaire; and… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“I already began to inspire the men with love. My breast began to take its right form, and such a breast! white,… — 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
