Voltaire Quotes
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Often the prudent, far from making their destinies, succumb to them.
[Acceptance]
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Once the people begin to reason, all is lost.
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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
[Language]
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One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose.
[Poetry]
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Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes.
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Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable.
[Optimism]
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Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another. The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours, kindle it at home, communicate it to others and it becomes the property of all.
[Originality]
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Our country is that spot to which our heart is bound.
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Paradise was made for tender hearts; hell, for loveless hearts.
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Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.
[Perfection]
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Philosophers never stood in need of Homer or the Pharisees to be convinced that everything is done by immutable laws; that everything is settled; that everything is the necessary effect of some previous cause.
[Destiny]
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Pleasure is the object, duty and the goal of all rational creatures.
[Goals]
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Prejudice is opinion without judgement.
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Prejudice is the reason of fools.
[Prejudice]
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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
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Prejudices are what rule the vulgar crowd.
[Prejudice]
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Providence has given us hope and sleep as a compensation for the many cares of life.
[Care]
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Regimen is better than physic. Every one should be his own physician. We ought to assist, and not to force nature. Eat with moderation what agrees with your constitution. Nothing is good for the body but what we can digest. What medicine can procure digestion? Exercise. What will recruit strength? Sleep. What will alleviate incurable evils? Patience.
[Health]
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Regimen is superior to medicine.
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Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they die.
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