All Voltaire Quotes
- There is an astonishing imagination, even in the science of mathematics. ... We repeat, there was far more imagination in the head of Archimedes than… Archimedes
- History contains little beyond a list of people who have accommodate themselves with other people's property. Accommodate
- History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play upon the dead. Dead
- The best way to be boring is to include everything. Best
- The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom. Appearance
- All is a miracle. The stupendous order of nature, the revolution of a hundred millions of worlds around a million of stars, the activity of… Activity
- A physician is an unfortunate gentleman who is every day required to perform a miracle; namely to reconcile health with intemperance. Day
- Descartes constructed as noble a road of science, from the point at which he found geometry to that to which he carried it, as Newton… Art
- Almost all life depends on probabilities. All
- What can we say with certainty? Certain
- Let us confess it: evil strides the world. Confess
- Will is wish, and liberty is power. Freedom
- Virtue debases itself in justifying itself. Debases
- Errors flies from mouth to mouth, from pen to pen, and to destroy it takes ages. Age
- Quand celui à qui l'on parle ne comprend pas et celui qui parle ne se comprend pas, c'est de la métaphysique When he to whom… De La
- Often the prudent, far from making their destinies, succumb to them. -Francois Acceptance
- We admit, in geometry, not only infinite magnitudes, that is to say, magnitudes greater than any assignable magnitude, but infinite magnitudes infinitely greater, the one… Admit
- I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it. Agree
- God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well. Birthday
- Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well. Appreciate Life
- Common sense is not so common. Apothegm
- Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe. Beliefs
- In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another. Art
- I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it. Atheism
- Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers. Answers