Faith consists in believing what reason cannot. Voltaire More Quotes by Voltaire More Quotes From Voltaire But there must be some pleasure in condemning everything--in perceiving faults where others think they see beauties.' 'You mean there is pleasure in having no pleasure. Voltaire faultsmeanthinking He shines in the second rank, who is eclipsed in the first. Voltaire shiningfirsts Will is wish, and liberty is power. Voltaire libertyfreedomwish The world embarrasses me, and I cannot dream that this watch exists and has no watchmaker. Voltaire dreamwatchesworld It is the characteristic of the most stringent censorships that they give credibility to the opinions they attack. Voltaire opiniongovernmentgiving Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity. Voltaire godlydrinkingfood Virtue between men is a commerce of good actions: he who has no part in this commerce must not be reckoned. Voltaire virtueactionmen We cannot wish for that we know not. Voltaire wishknows Je ne suis pas d'accord avec ce que vous dites, mais je d‚fendrai jusqu'... la mort le droit que vous avez de le dire/ I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it Voltaire accordagreeinspirational Paradise was made for tender hearts; hell, for loveless hearts. Voltaire paradisehellheart It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge. Voltaire ignorancewould-beknowledge Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors. Voltaire uprisingcountryneeds I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil. Voltaire realevilbook Divorce is probably of nearly the same date as marriage. I believe, however, that marriage is some weeks the more ancient. Voltaire ancientdivorcebelieve It is not known precisely where angels dwell whether in the air, the void, or the planets. It has not been God's pleasure that we should be informed of their abode. Voltaire voidangelair All styles are good except the tiresome kind. Voltaire tiresomestylekind It is the triumph of superior reason to live with folks who don't have any. Voltaire folkstriumphreason I was never ruined but twice: once when I lost a lawsuit, and once when I won one. Voltaire humorlawfunny But nothing is more estimable than a physician who, having studied nature from his youth, knows the properties of the human body, the diseases which assail it, the remedies which will benefit it, exercises his art with caution, and pays equal attention to the rich and the poor. Voltaire natureexerciseart The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself. Voltaire wifehusbandinspirational
