Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
VOLTAIREThe human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to believe.
More Voltaire Quotes
-
-
Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
VOLTAIRE -
It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
VOLTAIRE -
In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.
VOLTAIRE -
Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
VOLTAIRE -
To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid – one must also be polite.
VOLTAIRE -
Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
VOLTAIRE -
It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
VOLTAIRE -
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
VOLTAIRE -
Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
VOLTAIRE -
Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
VOLTAIRE -
Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.
VOLTAIRE -
God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
VOLTAIRE -
Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.
VOLTAIRE -
Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
VOLTAIRE -
I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.
VOLTAIRE