All Voltaire Quotes
- I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion. Always Love
- You write your name in the snow Yet say nothing. Inspirational
- Optimism," said Cacambo, "What is that?" "Alas!" replied Candide, "It is the obstinacy of maintaining that everything is best when it is worst. Alas
- Four thousand volumes of metaphysics will not teach us what the soul is. Four
- I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life. This ridiculous weakness is perhaps one of… Burden
- I hold firmly to my original views. After all I am a philosopher. All
- To caress the serpent that devours us, until it has eaten away our heart. Caress
- Alas...I too have known love, that ruler of hearts, that soul of our soul: it's never brought me anything except one kiss and twenty kicks… Abominable
- You're a bitter man," said Candide. That's because I've lived," said Martin. Bitter
- It requires twenty years for a man to rise from the vegetable state in which he is within his mother's womb, and from the pure… Animal
- Sensual pleasure passes and vanishes, but the friendship between us, the mutual confidence, the delight of the heart, the enchantment of the soul, these things… Confidence
- I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way. Don T
- If this is the best of possible worlds, what then are the others? Best
- Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively. Bipolar
- I read only to please myself, and enjoy only what suits my taste. Enjoy
- All is but illusion and disaster. All
- Doctors put drugs of which they know little into bodies of which they know less for diseases of which they know nothing at all. All
- Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace. Brings
- In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense. Chief
- The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity. Comprehend
- The pursuit of pleasure must be the goal of every rational person. Every Rational
- It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster. Argument
- History never repeats itself. Man always does. Doe
- The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us Challenges
- All men are by nature free; you have therefore an undoubted liberty to depart whenever you please, but will have many and great difficulties to… All