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

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

He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend – provided, of course, that he really is dead.
– Voltaire

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

A witty saying proves nothing.
– Voltaire

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

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
– Voltaire

What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy.
– Voltaire

There are truths that are not for all men, nor for all times.
– Voltaire

The public is a ferocious beast: one must either chain it up or flee from it.
– Voltaire

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

When it’s a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
– Voltaire

If God did not exist it would be necessary for us to invent Him.
– Voltaire

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

The superfluous is very necessary.
– Voltaire

Prejudice is opinion without judgment.
– Voltaire

Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
– Voltaire

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

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

It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind.
– Voltaire