Quotes Voltaire

Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the...

One great use of words is to hide our thoughts....

One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and ...

Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than pl...

Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when w...

Originality is nothing by judicious imitation. The most orig...

Our country is that spot to which our heart is bound....

Paradise was made for tender hearts; hell, for loveless hear...

Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand...

Prejudices are what fools use for reason....

Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy li...

Society therefore is an ancient as the world....

Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou ha...

Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy t...

Tears are the silent language of grief....

The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of arch...

The ancients recommended us to sacrifice to the Graces, but ...

The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay ...

The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while na...

The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an o...

The best is the enemy of the good....

The best way to be boring is to leave nothing out....

The ear is the avenue to the heart....

The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the...

The flowery style is not unsuitable to public speeches or ad...