One always speaks badly when one has nothing to say. Voltaire More Quotes by Voltaire More Quotes From Voltaire To the wicked, everything serves as pretext. Voltaire ubuntuwarpeace 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 sensualsoulheart 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 atheismpassioninspire When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion. Voltaire moneyhumorreligion 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 effectscausesnames To really enjoy pleasures, you must know how to leave them. Voltaire know-howenjoypleasure A man loved by a beautiful woman will always get out of trouble. Voltaire cutebeautifullove Present opportunities are not to be neglected; they rarely visit us twice. Voltaire life-opportunityneglectedopportunity It is said that the present is pregnant with the future. Voltaire futuregoalpregnancy 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 independenttastebelieve Common sense is both more rare and more desirable in leaders than mere intelligence. Voltaire common-senseleaderinteresting Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too. Voltaire thinking-of-youinspirationalknowledge 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 doctorsdrughealth 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 characterideasthinking 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-youmenbelieve One should always aim at being interesting, rather than exact. Voltaire aimshouldinteresting God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well. Voltaire funny-birthdayhappy-birthdaylife Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable. Voltaire optimismoptimisticmadness I cannot imagine how the clockwork of the universe can exist without a clockmaker. Voltaire imaginespiritualgod To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered. Voltaire humorstupidfunny
