Famous Quotes
285 Quotations with Voltaire.
- 201. Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire: The multitude of books is making us ignorant.
- 202. Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire: The only way to compel men to speak good of us is to do it.
- 203. Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire: The Pope is an idol whose hands are tied and whose feet are kissed.
- 204. Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire: The public is a ferocious beast. One must either chain it up or flee from it.
- 205. Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire: The progress of rivers to the ocean is not so rapid as that of man to error.
- 206. Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire: The punishment of criminals should serve a purpose. When a man is hanged he is u ...
- 207. Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire: The pursuit of what is true and the practice of what is good are the two most im ...
- 208. Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire: The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
- 209. Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire: The superfluous is very necessary.
- 210. Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire: The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force.
- 211. Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire: The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do ...
- 212. Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire: The world embarrasses me, and I cannot dream that this watch exists and has no w ...
- 213. Bertrand Russell: There's a Bible on the shelf there. But I keep it next to Voltaire-poison and an ...
- 214. Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire: They use thought only to justify their injustices, and speech only to disguise t ...
- 215. Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire: Think for yourselves, and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too. Man is f ...
- 216. Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire: This poem will never reach its destination. [On Rousseau's Ode To Posterity]
- 217. Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire: Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
- 218. Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire: Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects resp ...
- 219. Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire: To announce truths is an infallible receipt for being persecuted.
- 220. Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire: To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-man ...