All the persecutors declare against each other mortal war, while the philosopher, oppressed by them all, contents himself with pitying them. — 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
Men appear to prefer ruining one another's fortunes, and cutting each other's throats about a few paltry villages, to extending the grand… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“Sir, you think doubtless that all is for the best in the moral and physical world, and that nothing could be otherwise… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
War is the greatest of all crimes; and yet there is no aggressor who does not color his crime with the pretext… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Such then is the human condition, that to wish greatness for one's country is to wish harm to one's neighbors. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
In this country we find it pays to shoot an admiral from time to time to encourage the others. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
It would be easier to subjugate the entire universe through force than the minds of a single village. — 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
