Voltaire Quotes and SayingsVoltaire French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 - 1778) |
| To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered. ~Voltaire God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh. ~Voltaire Love truth, and pardon error. ~Voltaire If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him. ~Voltaire Common sense is not so common. ~Voltaire Man is free at the moment he wishes to be. ~Voltaire Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well. ~Voltaire The public is a ferocious beast -- one must either chain it up or flee from it. ~Voltaire I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: "O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous." And God granted it. ~Voltaire I disapprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it. ~Voltaire Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference. ~Voltaire I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. ~Voltaire The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease. ~Voltaire A witty saying proves nothing. ~Voltaire The secret of being boring is to say everything. ~Voltaire Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy. ~Voltaire Anything too stupid to be said is sung. ~Voltaire Work saves us from three great evils: boredom, vice and need. ~Voltaire When we hear news we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation. ~Voltaire It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong. ~Voltaire Doubt is not a pleasant condition but certainty is an absurd one. ~Voltaire |