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

Voltaire French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 – 1778)

" Since the whole affair had become one of religion, the vanquished were of course exterminated. "

Voltaire French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 – 1778)

" A witty saying proves nothing. "

Voltaire French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 – 1778)

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

Voltaire French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 – 1778)

" The art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one class of the citizens to give to the other. "

Voltaire French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 – 1778)

" When it is a question of money, everyone is of the same religion. "

Voltaire French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 – 1778)

" 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 French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 – 1778)

" Love truth, and pardon error. "

Voltaire French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 – 1778)

" It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books. "

Voltaire French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 – 1778)

" A witty saying proves nothing. "

Voltaire French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 – 1778)

" I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: “O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.” And God granted it. "

Voltaire French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 – 1778)

" I believe that there never was a creator of a philosophical system who did not confess at the end of his life that he had wasted his time. It must be admitted that the inventors of the mechanical arts have been much more useful to men that the inventors of syllogisms. He who imagined a ship towers considerably above him who imagined innate ideas. "

Voltaire French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 – 1778)

" A witty saying proves nothing. "

Voltaire French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 – 1778)

" Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly. "

Voltaire French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 – 1778)

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

Voltaire French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 – 1778)

" Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. "

Voltaire French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 – 1778)

" Now, now my good man, this is no time for making enemies. "

Voltaire, on his deathbed in response to a priest asking that he renounce Satan French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 – 1778)

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

Voltaire French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 – 1778)

" Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too. "

Voltaire, Essay on Tolerance French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 – 1778)

" The secret of being boring is to say everything. "

Voltaire French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 – 1778)

" True greatness consists in the use of a powerful understanding to enlighten oneself and others. "

Voltaire French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 – 1778)

" The superfluous is very necessary. "

Voltaire French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 – 1778)

" To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid; you must also be well-mannered. "

Voltaire French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 – 1778)

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