1,052 Quotes by Voltaire

One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose.

Vous craignez les livres comme certaines bourgades ont craint les violons. Laissez lire, et laissez danser; ces deux amusements ne feront jamais de mal au monde.

Let us work without reasoning,' said Martin; 'it is the only way to make life endurable.

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.

Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.

As to fictions which represent nothing, teach nothing, and from which nothing results, are they anything more than falsities? And if they are incoherent and heaped together without choice, are they anything better than dreams?

Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.

The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.

I've decided to be happy because it's good for my health.