Quotes by Voltaire
Chance is a word void of sense; nothing can exist without a cause.
What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.
The progress of rivers to the ocean is not so rapid as that of man to error.
All men are born with a nose and five fingers, but no one is born with a knowledge of God.
Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults of those beloved. He has wings, he comes quickly and flies away the same.
Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool.
Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.
The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.
If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him.
We are rarely proud when we are alone.
He shines in the second rank, who is eclipsed in the first.
Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the most tolerance, but until now Christians have been the most intolerant of all men.
By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.
Nature has always had more force than education.
