Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
VOLTAIRECherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
More Voltaire Quotes
-
-
Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
VOLTAIRE -
Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.
VOLTAIRE -
Opinions have caused more ills than the plague or earthquakes on this little globe of ours.
VOLTAIRE -
Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time.
VOLTAIRE -
To hold a pen is to be at war.
VOLTAIRE -
The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
VOLTAIRE -
One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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 -
I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.
VOLTAIRE -
I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life.
VOLTAIRE -
I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
VOLTAIRE -
Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.
VOLTAIRE -
The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
VOLTAIRE -
Don’t think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money.
VOLTAIRE