Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value - zero. Voltaire More Quotes by Voltaire More Quotes From Voltaire Virtue debases itself in justifying itself. Voltaire virtue This poem will never reach its destination. On Rousseau's Ode To Posterity Voltaire odesdestinationpoetry History in general is a collection of crimes, follies, and misfortunes among which we have now and then met with a few virtues, and some happy times. Voltaire happy-timesvirtuehistory Change everything except your loves. Voltaire changelove Now is not the time for making new enemies. Voltaire enemy Do you think... that men have always massacred each other, as they do today? Have they always been liars, cheats, traitors, brigands, weak, flighty, cowardly, envious, gluttonous, drunken, grasping, and vicious, bloody, backbiting, debauched, fanatical, hypocritical, and silly? Voltaire liarssillymen He who is not just is severe, he who is not wise is sad. Voltaire severefiercewise Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning! It is indeed by so doing that we can say the letter kills and the spirit gives life. Voltaire woelettersgiving Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable. Voltaire reputationcharactermen The only way to see the value of a play is to see it acted. Voltaire theatreplayway The son of God is the same as the son of man; the son of man is the same as the son of God. God, the father, is the same as Christ, the son; Christ, the son, is the same as God, the father. This language may appear confused to unbelievers, but Christians will readily understand it. Voltaire confusedchristianfather Every one goes astray, but the least imprudent are they who repent the soonest. Voltaire repent History is a pack of lies we play on the dead. Voltaire packsplaylying Let us meet four times a year in a grand temple with music, and thank God for all his gifts. There is one sun. There is one God. Let us have one religion. Then all mankind will be brethren. Voltaire thank-godyearsreligion No, nothing has the power to part me from you; our love is based upon virtue, and will last as long as our lives. Voltaire valentines-daylove-islong When he to whom one speaks does not understand, and he who speaks himself does not understand, that is Metaphysics. Voltaire doephilosophyscience Men fed upon carnage, and drinking strong drinks, have all an impoisoned and acrid blood which drives them mad in a hundred different ways. Voltaire strongdrinkingmen Learn to cultivate your own garden. Voltaire optimisticgarden Independence in the end is the fruit of injustice. Voltaire independencefruitrevolution had no need of a guide to learn ignorance Voltaire guidesignoranceneeds
