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 have been a hundred times on the point of killing myself, but still was fond of life. This ridiculous weakness is… — 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
I have wanted to kill myself a million times, but somehow I am still in love with life. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
It is not enough to be exceptionally mad, licentious and fanatical in order to win a great reputation; it is still necessary… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
This agglomeration which was called and which still calls itself the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
The monster, fanaticism, still exists, and whoever seeks after truth will run the risk of being persecuted. — 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
