All Voltaire Quotes
- All styles are good except the tiresome kind. All
- I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom. Affection
- I should like to lie at your feet and die in your arms. Arms
- In the case of news, we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation. Always Wait
- History should be written as philosophy. History
- The sovereign is called a tyrant who knows no laws but his caprice. Called
- We cannot wish for that we know not. Cannot Wish
- Nature has always had more force than education. Education
- Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time. Attained
- Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they die. Die
- The ancients recommended us to sacrifice to the Graces, but Milton sacrificed to the Devil. Ancient
- Fear follows crime and is its punishment. Crime
- Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes. Crime
- Let us work without theorizing, tis the only way to make life endurable. Endurable
- Men hate the individual whom they call avaricious only because nothing can be gained from him. Avaricious
- Our country is that spot to which our heart is bound. Bound
- Society therefore is an ancient as the world. Ancient
- The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason. Lost
- There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times. All
- We cannot always oblige; but we can always speak obligingly. Always Oblige
- We must cultivate our own garden. When man was put in the garden of Eden he was put there so that he should work, which… Born
- A witty saying proves nothing. Beer
- He shines in the second rank, who is eclipsed in the first. Eclipsed
- In every author let us distinguish the man from his works. Author
- It is the flash which appears, the thunderbolt will follow. Appears