It is the first law of friendship that it has to be cultivated. The second is to be indulgent when the first law is neglected. Voltaire More Quotes by Voltaire More Quotes From Voltaire To the wicked, everything serves as pretext. Voltaire ubuntu war peace Sensual pleasure passes and vanishes, but the friendship between us, the mutual confidence, the delight of the heart, the enchantment of the soul, these things do not perish and can never be destroyed. Voltaire sensual soul heart Which is more dangerous: fanaticism or atheism? Fanaticism is certainly a thousand times more deadly; for atheism inspires no bloody passion whereas fanaticism does; atheism is opposed to crime and fanaticism causes crimes to be committed. Voltaire atheism passion inspire When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion. Voltaire money humor religion There is no such thing as an accident. What we call by that name is the effect of some cause which we do not see. Voltaire effects causes names To really enjoy pleasures, you must know how to leave them. Voltaire know-how enjoy pleasure A man loved by a beautiful woman will always get out of trouble. Voltaire cute beautiful love Present opportunities are not to be neglected; they rarely visit us twice. Voltaire life-opportunity neglected opportunity It is said that the present is pregnant with the future. Voltaire future goal pregnancy Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste. Voltaire independent taste believe Common sense is both more rare and more desirable in leaders than mere intelligence. Voltaire common-sense leader interesting Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too. Voltaire thinking-of-you inspirational knowledge Doctors put drugs of which they know little into bodies of which they know less for diseases of which they know nothing at all. Voltaire doctors drug health Our character is composed of our ideas and our feelings: and, since it has been proved that we give ourselves neither feelings nor ideas, our character does not depend on us. If it did depend on us, there is nobody who would not be perfect. If one does not reflect, one thinks oneself master of everything; but when one does reflect, one realizes that one is master of nothing Voltaire character ideas thinking The man who says to me, "Believe as I do, or God will damn you," will presently say, "Believe as I do, or I shall assassinate you." Voltaire damn-you men believe One should always aim at being interesting, rather than exact. Voltaire aim should interesting God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well. Voltaire funny-birthday happy-birthday life Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable. Voltaire optimism optimistic madness I cannot imagine how the clockwork of the universe can exist without a clockmaker. Voltaire imagine spiritual god To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered. Voltaire humor stupid funny
