All Voltaire Quotes
- Verses which do not teach men new and moving truths do not deserve to be read. Deserve
- Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien. (The perfect is the enemy of the good.) Bien
- All events are linked together in the best of possible worlds; after all, if you had not been driven from a fine castle by being… Across
- To achieve a goal, a dream, a wish, you must plan it out for success! Achieve
- History is the study of the world's crime Crime
- The man who leaves money to charity in his will is only giving away what no longer belongs to him Belongs
- The greatest consolation in life is to say what one thinks. Consolation
- my soul is the mirror of the universe, and my body is its frame Body
- Our character is composed of our ideas and our feelings: and, since it has been proved that we give ourselves neither feelings nor ideas, our… Been
- Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time. Able
- A man loved by a beautiful woman will always get out of trouble. Always Get
- The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude. All
- Life is bristling with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to cultivate one's garden. Acceptance
- If God did not exist, He would have to be invented. But all nature cries aloud that he does exist: that there is a supreme… Admirable
- It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence. Dependence
- Such then is the human condition, that to wish greatness for one's country is to wish harm to one's neighbors. Condition
- If you want good laws, burn those you have and make new ones. Burn
- He wanted to know how they prayed to God in El Dorado. "We do not pray to him at all," said the reverend sage. "We… All
- Even in those cities which seem to enjoy the blessings of peace, and where the arts florish, the inhabitants are devoured by envy, cares and… Anxieties
- had no need of a guide to learn ignorance Guide
- Martin in particular concluded that man was born to live either in the convulsions of misery, or in the lethargy of boredom. Bored
- It is as impossible to translate poetry as it is to translate music. Impossible
- the women are never at a loss, God provides for them, let us run. God
- I am the best-natured creature in the world, and yet I have already killed three, and of these three two were priests. Already Killed
- God has punished the knave, and the devil has drowned the rest. Devil