All Voltaire Quotes
- Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them. Destroying
- Man is free at the moment he wishes to be. Free
- It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one. Better
- It is not love that should be depicted as blind, but self-love. Anorexia
- Prejudices are what fools use for reason. Fool
- To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth. Dead
- No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking. Assault
- It is not sufficient to see and to know the beauty of a work. We must feel and be affected by it. Affected
- Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too. Brainy
- We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies - it is the first law of nature. All
- It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce. Conquer
- Ice-cream is exquisite - what a pity it isn't illegal. Cream
- The ear is the avenue to the heart. Avenue
- The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death. Character
- Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother. These daughters have too long dominated the earth. Astrology
- The superfluous, a very necessary thing. Funny
- We are rarely proud when we are alone. Alone
- Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy. Abstinence
- The Holy Roman Empire is neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire. Empire
- Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity. Awareness
- Everything's fine today, that is our illusion. Fine
- It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape. Behind
- Injustice in the end produces independence. End
- The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on which depends the rest of our days. Birthday
- Anyone who seeks to destroy the passions instead of controlling them is trying to play the angel. Angel