Voltaire Quotes

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

"Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers."

"?Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats."

"Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination."

"Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination."

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

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

"God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well."

"God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well."

"The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing."

"The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing."

"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."

"The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease."

"The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease."

"Love truth, but pardon error."

"I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it."(Letter to �tienne No�l Damilaville, May 16, 1767)"

"I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it."(Letter to �tienne No�l Damilaville, May 16, 1767)"

"Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce."

"Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce."

"God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh."

"Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day."

"God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere."

"The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood."

"The secret of being a bore is to tell everything."

"Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it."

"Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it."

"Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it."

"We never live; we are always in the expectation of living."

"It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part."

"I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion."