Quote: The only way to compel men to speak good of us is to do it. [ Voltaire]
Quote: Common sense is not so common. [ Voltaire]
Quote: Chance is a word void of sense; nothing can exist without a cause. [ Voltaire]
Quote: Shun idleness is the rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals. [ Voltaire]
Quote: 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]
Quote: Men who are occupied in the restoration of health to other men, by the joint exertion of skill and humanity, are above all the great of the earth. They even partake of divinity, since to preserve and renew is almost as noble as to create. [ Voltaire]
Quote: I know of nothing more laughable than a doctor who does not die of old age. [ Voltaire]
Quote: The world embarrasses me, and I cannot dream that this watch exists and has no watchmaker. [ Voltaire]
Quote: He who dies before many witnesses always does so with courage. [ Voltaire]
Quote: To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered. [ Voltaire]
Quote: The Pope is an idol whose hands are tied and whose feet are kissed. [ Voltaire]
Quote: All kinds are good except the kind that bores you. [ Voltaire]
Quote: All the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books. [ Voltaire]
Quote: It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books. [ Voltaire]
Quote: One of the chief misfortunes of honest people is that they are cowardly. [ Voltaire]
Quote: Doubt is not a pleasant mental state, but certainty is a ridiculous one. [ Voltaire]
Quote: You must have the devil in you to succeed in the arts. [ Voltaire]
Quote: Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road. [ Voltaire]
Quote: In my life, I have prayed but one prayer: oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it. [ Voltaire]
Quote: Exaggeration is the inseparable companion of greatness. [ Voltaire]
Quote: God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere. [ Voltaire]
Quote: It is fancy rather than taste which produces so many new fashions. [ Voltaire]
Quote: As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities. [ Voltaire]
Quote: Men hate the individual whom they call avaricious only because nothing can be gained from him. [ Voltaire]
Quote: All people are equal, it is not birth, it is virtue alone that makes the difference. [ Voltaire]