1,052 Quotes by Voltaire

The question of good and evil remains in irremediable chaos for those who seek to fathom it in reality. It is mere mental sport to the disputants, who are captives that play with their chains.

It was decided by the university of Coimbre that the sight of several persons being slowly burned in great ceremony is an infallible secret for preventing earthquakes.

Life is bristling with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to cultivate one's garden.

Man is free the moment he wants to be.

Very learned women are to be found, in the same manner as female warriors; but they are seldom or ever inventors.

I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it.

To caress the serpent that devours us, until it has eaten away our heart.

A lady of honor may be raped once, but it strengthens her virtue.

To announce truths is an infallible receipt for being persecuted.