All Voltaire Quotes
- We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved. Deceive
- He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend; provided, of course, he really is dead. Course
- My life is a struggle. Life
- One great use of words is to hide our thoughts. Great
- The multitude of books is making us ignorant. Beer
- Froth at the top, dregs at bottom, but the middle excellent. Bottom
- Very learned women are to be found, in the same manner as female warriors; but they are seldom or ever inventors. Ever Inventors
- Divorce is probably of nearly the same date as marriage. I believe, however, that marriage is some weeks the more ancient. Ancient
- I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil. Book
- If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated. Atheist
- Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers. Both
- He who has not the spirit of this age, has all the misery of it. Age
- It is said that the present is pregnant with the future. Future
- The world embarrasses me, and I cannot dream that this watch exists and has no watchmaker. Cannot Dream
- To the wicked, everything serves as pretext. Anti War
- It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge. Barrier
- The public is a ferocious beast; one must either chain it or flee from it. Beast
- What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous. Burden
- The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to fight in. Amphitheaters
- History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes. Crime