French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher famous for his wit, his criticism of Christianity
The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself. – Voltaire
Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother. These daughters have too long dominated the earth. – Voltaire
God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere. – Voltaire
What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on… – Voltaire
When it’s a question of money, everybody is of the same religion. – Voltaire
All kinds are good except the kind that bores you. – Voltaire
God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh. – Voltaire
It is not sufficient to see and to know the beauty of a work. We must feel and be affected by it. – Voltaire
The secret of being a bore is to tell everything. – Voltaire
If you have two religions in your land, the two will cut each other’s throats; but if you have thirty religions, they dwell in peace. – Voltaire
I hate women because they always know where things are. – Voltaire
Chance is a word void of sense; nothing can exist without a cause. – Voltaire
What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy. – Voltaire
Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it. – Voltaire
The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood. – Voltaire
Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers. – Voltaire
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities. – Voltaire
Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do. – Voltaire
Dare to think for yourself. – Voltaire
It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets. – Voltaire
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