All Voltaire Quotes
- Illusion is the first of the pleasures Illusion
- All men have equal rights to liberty, to their property, and to the protection of the laws All
- The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force Character
- Liberty guest amiable, Plants both elbows on the table Amiable
- Regimen is superior to medicine, especially as, from time immemorial, out of every hundred physicians, ninety-eight are charlatans Charlatans
- Prejudice is the reason of fools Fools
- Prejudice is an opinion without judgment Judgment
- When he who hears does not know what he who speaks means, and when he who speaks does not know what he himself means, that… Hears
- Poetry is the music of the soul, and, above all, of great and feeling souls. All
- Providence has given us hope and sleep as a compensation for the many cares of life Cares
- A long dispute means both parties are wrong Both
- Once the people begin to reason, all is lost All
- I know of no great men except those who have rendered great service to the human race. Except
- I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition Adoring
- How inexpressible is the meanness of being a hypocrite! how horrible is it to be a mischievous and malignant hypocrite. Horrible
- He who thinks himself wise, O Heavens! is a great fool. Fool
- It is not enough to conquer, one must know how to seduce. Conquer
- It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one. Better
- The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease. Amusing
- Judge others by their questions rather than by their answers. Answers
- God created sex. Priests created marriage. Created
- Shakespeare, who was considered the English Corneille, flourished at about the time of Lope de Vega. He had a strong and fertile genius, full of… Acquired