133 Quotations by Voltaire
- 1. 'That is indisputable,' was the answer, 'but in this country it is a good thing to kill an admiral f ...

- 2. A clergyman is one who feels himself called upon to live without working at the expense of the rasca ...

- 3. A witty saying proves nothing.

- 4. All is for the best in the best of all possible ways.

- 5. All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God.

- 6. All men are equal; it is not birth, but virtue alone, that makes the difference.

- 7. All sects are different, because they come from men; morality is everywhere the same, because it com ...

- 8. Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea ...

- 9. Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung.

- 10. Anything too stupid to be said is sung.

- 11. Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.

- 12. As long as people believe in absurdities, they will continue to commit atrocities

- 13. As long as there are fools and rascals, there will be religions.

- 14. Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.

- 15. But nothing is more estimable than a physician who, having studied nature from his youth, knows the ...

- 16. Canada: A few acres of snow.

- 17. Chance is a word void of sense; nothing can exist without a cause.

- 18. Common sense is not so common.

- 19. Do well and you will have no need for ancestors.

- 20. Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they kn ...

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