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Most Quotes by Voltaire
- Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the most tolerance, but until now Christians have been the most intolerant of all men.
- What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy.
- Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.
- And ask each passenger to tell his story, and if there is one of them all who has not cursed his existence many times, and…
- The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important aims of philosophy.
- The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
- Originality is nothing by judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.
- Thinking is the greatest torture in the world for most people.
- Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed from one another. The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch…
- Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd, and bloody religion that has ever infected the world
- Of all religions, Christianity is without a doubt the one that should inspire tolerance most, although, up to now, the Christians have been the most…
- The atheists are for the most part impudent and misguided scholars who reason badly, and who, not being able to understand the Creation, the origin…
- 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…
More Most Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution. — Hannah Arendt
- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved. — Aristotle
- For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things… — Aristotle
- Most people would rather give than get affection. — Aristotle
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- My mother is the coolest, most amazing person I know. — J. J. Abrams
- The most deeply personal of my works are the non-fiction works, the autobiographical works, because there, I'm talking about myself very directly. — Paul Auster