141 Quotes By Voltaire


When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
Voltaire on religion

The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason.
Voltaire on religion

To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
Voltaire on respect

He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise.
Voltaire on sad

He who is not just is severe, he who is not wise is sad.
Voltaire on sad

Society therefore is an ancient as the world.
Voltaire on society

Tears are the silent language of grief.
Voltaire on sympathy

Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable.
Voltaire on time

In this country it is a good thing to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others.
Voltaire on time

Perfection is attained by slow degrees it requires the hand of time.
Voltaire on time

Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare.
Voltaire on truth

To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
Voltaire on truth

I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom.
Voltaire on truth

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

To hold a pen is to be at war.
Voltaire on war

All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women.
Voltaire on women

I hate women because they always know where things are.
Voltaire on women

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

It is not sufficient to see and to know the beauty of a work. We must feel and be affected by it.
Voltaire on work

We must cultivate our own garden. When man was put in the garden of Eden he was put there so that he should work, which proves that man was not born to rest.
Voltaire on work