Quotes by Voltaire
It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind.
I should like to lie at your feet and die in your arms.
Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too.
Who serves his country well has no need of ancestors.
The mouth obeys poorly when the heart murmurs.
The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be contrary to it. Oppositions of colors contrast; but there are also colors contrary to each other, that is, which produce an ill effect because they shock the eye when brought very near it.
He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable.
To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
Our country is that spot to which our heart is bound.
We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies - it is the first law of nature.
We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
We cannot always oblige; but we can always speak obligingly.
It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape.
All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women.
The superfluous, a very necessary thing.
Everything's fine today, that is our illusion.
In the case of news, we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation.
The world embarrasses me, and I cannot dream that this watch exists and has no watchmaker.
History should be written as philosophy.
Common sense is not so common.
There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongue, at our peril, risk and hazard.
He who has not the spirit of this age, has all the misery of it.
