Voltaire Quotes

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A witty saying proves nothing.
– Voltaire

+122

A witty saying proves nothing.
– Voltaire

+64

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
– Voltaire

+40

Anything too stupid to be said is sung.
– Voltaire

+38

Tears are the silent language of grief.
– Voltaire

+20

We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies.
– Voltaire

+12

The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
– Voltaire

+10

Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
– Voltaire

+10

Shun idleness. It is a rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals.
– Voltaire

+8

To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well mannered.
– Voltaire

+7

It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
– Voltaire

+7

It is said that the present is pregnant with the future.
– Voltaire

+5

God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.
– Voltaire

+5

History is filled with the sound of silken slippers going downstairs and wooden shoes coming up.
– Voltaire

+5

A man loved by a beautiful woman will always get out of trouble.
– Voltaire

+3

Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce.
– Voltaire

+3

Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.
– Voltaire

+3

Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, in human beings of whom they know nothing.
– Voltaire

+1

Luck is a word devoid of sense. Nothing can exist without a cause.
– Voltaire

+1

Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.
– Voltaire