We are rarely proud when we are alone.
VOLTAIREIf we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
More Voltaire Quotes
-
-
It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
VOLTAIRE -
Opinions have caused more ills than the plague or earthquakes on this little globe of ours.
VOLTAIRE -
Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
VOLTAIRE -
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.
VOLTAIRE -
Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
VOLTAIRE -
Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
VOLTAIRE -
The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
VOLTAIRE -
Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
VOLTAIRE -
I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
VOLTAIRE -
Our labour preserves us from three great evils – weariness, vice, and want.
VOLTAIRE -
God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
VOLTAIRE -
He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
VOLTAIRE -
It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.
VOLTAIRE -
Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
VOLTAIRE -
If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
VOLTAIRE






