90 result(s) for Voltaire Quotes.
"Man is free at the moment he wishes to be."
"I may disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
"It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong."
"Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world."
"To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth."
"Use, do not abuse... neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy."
"It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets."
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"Perfect is the enemy of good."
"Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one."
"It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong."
"To succeed in the world, it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered."
"In all things, success depends on previous preparation."
"Love truth, but pardon error."
"Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes."
"Judge of a man by his questions rather than his answers."
"To succeed in the world, we must be foolish in appearance."
"Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well."
"I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it."
"The more a man knows, the less he talks."
"The perfect is the enemy of the good."
"I prefer the company of people who make me forget time."
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"Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need."
"If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him."
"The way to become boring is to say everything."
"Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time."
"Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives."
"Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers."
"The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom."
"Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well."
"In all things, success depends on previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure."
"The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbors, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all."
"Paper money will always return to its intrinsic value, gold."
"Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law."
"As long as people believe in absurdities, they will continue to commit atrocities."
"We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies."
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"I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it."
"To hold a pen is to be at war."
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
"Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game."
"Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable."
"The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease."
"Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too."
"The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood."
"Work banishes those three great evils: boredom, vice, and poverty."
"Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe."
"The secret of being a bore is to tell everything."
"It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere."
"Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders us happy."
"God is a comedian playing to an audience that is afraid to laugh."
"Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers."
"Common sense is not so common."
"I may disagree with what you have to say, but I shall defend to the death your right to say it."
"Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do."
"Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd."
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities."
"The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease."
"We never live; we are always in the expectation of living."
"The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing."
"To succeed in the world, it is much more necessary to possess the penetration to discern who is a fool, than to discover who is a clever man."
"The best way to be boring is to leave nothing out."
"Prejudices are what fools use for reason."
"Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road."
"The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor."
"Originality is nothing but judicious imitation."
"Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination."
"Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too."
"One great use of words is to hide our thoughts."
"Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us."
"It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong."
"God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh."
"Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too."
"Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats."
"No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking."
"The best is the enemy of good."
"Work saves us from three great evils: boredom, vice, and need."
"It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one."
"To succeed in the world it is much more necessary to possess the penetration to discern who is a fool, than to be one's self a fool."
"Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices."
"Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother. These daughters have too long dominated the earth."
"We must cultivate our garden."
"Liberty of thought is the life of the soul."
"A long dispute means that both parties are wrong."
"The only way to shake the vermin from a great mind is to close it entirely."
"Optimism is insisting that the stone you stumble over was only a stepping-stone."
"The best is the enemy of the good."
"Man is free at the instant he wants to be."
"It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce."
"It is with books as it is with men: a very small number play a great part."
"There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times."
"God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well."
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