“My friend, you see how perishable are the riches of this world; there is nothing solid but virtue.” — Voltaire Copy Share Image
In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Dogs, monkeys, and parrots are a thousand times less miserable than we are. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“It is not improbable that in hot countries, monkeys may have enslaved girls.” — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Every man can educate himself. It's shameful to put one's mind into the hands of those whom you wouldn't entrust with your… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
When men do not have healthy notions of the Divinity, false ideas supplant them, just as in bad times one uses counterfeit… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Dont think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“Said Candide to Cacambo: My friend, you see how perishable are the riches of this world; there is nothing solid but virtue,… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“Don't think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money.” — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“My friend, you see how perishable are the riches of this world; there is nothing solid but virtue, and the happiness of… — 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
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
