All Voltaire Quotes
- When he to whom one speaks does not understand, and he who speaks himself does not understand, that is metaphysics. Doe
- God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best. Battalions
- Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity. Culinary
- To hold a pen is to be at war. Communication
- If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him. Atheist
- One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose. Annoying
- We never live; we are always in the expectation of living. Expectation
- The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination. Assassination
- Weakness on both sides is, as we know, the motto of all quarrels. All
- The secret of being a bore... is to tell everything. Bore
- When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion. Everybody
- We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongue, at our peril, risk and hazard. Civil Rights
- Clever tyrants are never punished. Clever
- Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce. Divorce
- He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked. Answers
- Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts. Authority
- The mouth obeys poorly when the heart murmurs. Heart
- It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue. Funny
- The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great. Great
- The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing good once in a year. Day