Voltaire Quotes And Sayings

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“It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.”
– Voltaire

“It is demonstrable, said he, that things cannot be otherwise than as they are; for as all things have been created for some end, they must necessarily be created for the best end. Observe, for instance, the nose is formed for spectacles, therefore we wear spectacles. The legs are visibly designed for stockings, accordingly we wear stockings. Stones were made to be hewn and to construct castles, therefore My Lord has a magnificent castle; for the greatest baron in the province ought to be the best lodged. Swine were intended to be eaten, therefore we eat pork all the year round: and they, who assert that everything is right, do not express themselves correctly; they should say that everything is best.”
– Voltaire

“It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.”
– Voltaire

“It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.”
– Voltaire

“It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.”
– Voltaire

“It is love; love, the comfort of the human species, the preserver of the universe, the soul of all sentient beings, love, tender love.”
– Voltaire

“It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.”
– Voltaire

“It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.”
– Voltaire

“It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.”
– Voltaire

“It is not sufficient to see and to know the beauty of a work. We must feel and be affected by it. ”
– Voltaire

“It is proved…that things cannot be other than they are, for since everything was made for a purpose, it follows that everything is made for the best purpose.”
– Voltaire

“It is said that God is always on the side of the big battalions.”
– Voltaire

“It is the triumph of superior reason to live with folks who don’t have any.”
– Voltaire

“It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.”
– Voltaire

“It requires twenty years for a man to rise from the vegetable state in which he is within his mothers womb, and from the pure animal state which is the lot of his early childhood, to the state when the maturity of reason begins to appear. It has required thirty centuries to learn a little about his structure. It would need eternity to learn something about his soul. It takes an instant to kill him.”
– Voltaire

“Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.”
– Voltaire

“Just for the sake of amusement, ask each passenger to tell you his story, and if you find a single one who hasn’t often cursed his life, who hasn’t told himself he’s the most miserable man in the world, you can throw me overboard head first.”
– Voltaire

“Lhomme est libre au moment quil veut lêtre.”
– Voltaire

“Le mieux est lennemi du bien. (The perfect is the enemy of the good.)”
– Voltaire

“Le secret dennuyer est celui de tout dire.”
– Voltaire

“Let us cultivate our garden.”
– Voltaire

“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.”
– Voltaire

“Let us work without reasoning, said Martin; it is the only way to make life endurable.”
– Voltaire

“Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.”
– Voltaire

“Life is a shipwreck but we must remember to sing in the lifeboats”
– Voltaire

“?Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.”
– Voltaire

“Life is bristling with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to cultivate ones garden.”
– Voltaire

“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.”
– Voltaire

“Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination. ”
– Voltaire

“Love truth, but pardon error.”
– Voltaire

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