Voltaire was born on 21st November 1694 in Paris. Voltaire was a versatile writer, producing works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays, and historical and scientific works. He wrote more than 20000 letters and more than 2000 books and pamphlets. He was an outspoken advocate of civil liberties, despite the risk this placed him in under the strict censorship laws of the time. As a Satirical polemicist, he frequently made use of his works to criticize intolerance, religious dogma, and the French institutions of his day. he was died on 30th may 1778, Voltaire was a great person.
Best 110 Quotes Of Voltaire.
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Such then is the human condition, that to wish greatness for one’s country is to wish harm to one’s neighbors.
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Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
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If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
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Four thousand volumes of metaphysics will not teach us what the soul is.
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Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.
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Love truth, but pardon error.
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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
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I cannot imagine how the clockwork of the universe can exist without a clockmaker.
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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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Secret griefs are more cruel than public calamities.
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Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
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Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
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The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor.
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The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.
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The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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Perfect is the enemy of good.
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God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.
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I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
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I hate women because they always know where things are.
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Let us cultivate our garden.
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It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
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No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.
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Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
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Minds differ still more than faces.
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I hold firmly to my original views. After all I am a philosopher.
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The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.
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Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively.
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We look to Scotland for all our ideas of civilization.
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Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
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We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
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I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.
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We’re neither pure, nor wise, nor good; we do the best we know.
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No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
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Common sense is not so common.
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A man loved by a beautiful woman will always get out of trouble.
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Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.
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The more a man knows, the less he talks.
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Theology is to religion what poisons are to food.
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Only your friends steal your books.
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The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.
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The heart has its own reasons that reason can’t understand.
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Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.
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It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
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Dare to think for yourself.
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The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.
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History is the study of the world’s crime.
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Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them.
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All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God.
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Tears are the silent language of grief.
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Whatever you do, crush the infamous thing, and love those who love you.
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Man is free at the instant he wants to be.
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One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion.
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In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other.
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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
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God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
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Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
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Fools admire everything in an author of reputation.
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The mouth obeys poorly when the heart murmurs.
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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
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We all look for happiness, but without knowing where to find it: like drunkards who look for their house, knowing dimly that they have one.
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We are rarely proud when we are alone.
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God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.
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No problem can stand the assault of sustained thinking.
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All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women.
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I should like to lie at your feet and die in your arms.
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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
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If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
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It is said that God is always on the side of the big battalions.
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It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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If there’s life on other planets, then the earth is the Universe’s insane asylum.
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The interest I have to believe a thing is no proof that such a thing exists.
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Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
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In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.
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It is as impossible to translate poetry as it is to translate music.
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Beware of the words ‘internal security,’ for they are the eternal cry of the oppressor.
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All is for the best in the best of possible worlds.
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I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.
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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
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It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
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If this is the best of possible worlds, what then are the others?
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The infinitely small have a pride infinitely great.
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There is a wide difference between speaking to deceive, and being silent to be impenetrable.
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Opinions have caused more ills than the plague or earthquakes on this little globe of ours.
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The pursuit of pleasure must be the goal of every rational person.
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To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid – one must also be polite.
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Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.
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May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
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Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.
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My soul is the mirror of the universe, and my body is its frame.
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If you want good laws, burn those you have and make new ones.
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One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose.
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Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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The greatest consolation in life is to say what one thinks.
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Injustice in the end produces independence.
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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
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Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
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Our labour preserves us from three great evils — weariness, vice, and want.
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Now, now my good man, this is no time to be making enemies.
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To hold a pen is to be at war.
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Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.
