There are no sects in geometry. Voltaire More Quotes by Voltaire More Quotes From Voltaire What is madness? To have erroneous perceptions and to reason correctly from them. Voltaire madness perception reason Liberty of thought is the life of the soul. Voltaire liberty soul life Fanaticism is a monster that pretends to be the child of religion Voltaire fanaticism monsters children Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd and bloody religion that has ever infected the world. Voltaire atheism atheist religion Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another. Voltaire originality empathy generosity Wherever my travels may lead, paradise is where I am. Voltaire spiritual attitude travel To achieve a goal, a dream, a wish, you must plan it out for success! Voltaire goal wish dream To announce truths is an infallible receipt for being persecuted. Voltaire receipts persecuted truth The Jews are of all peoples the grosses, the most ferocious, the most fanatical, and the most absurd. Voltaire absurd jew religious So it is the human condition that to wish for the greatness of one's fatherland is to wish evil to one's neighbors. The citizen of the universe would be the man who wishes his country never to be either greater or smaller, richer or poorer. Voltaire greatness men country Secret griefs are more cruel than public calamities. Voltaire calamity grief secret God created woman to tame man. Voltaire men Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare. Voltaire boldness-and-courage dare Work is often the father of pleasure. Voltaire pleasure father 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 second-chance law friendship Shakespeare is a drunken savage with some imagination whose plays please only in London and Canada. Voltaire savages imagination play How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted. Voltaire dad father children It is not enough to be exceptionally mad, licentious and fanatical in order to win a great reputation; it is still necessary to arrive on the scene at the right time. Voltaire winning success order History is the study of the world's crime Voltaire crime study world I have wanted to kill myself a million times, Voltaire still-in-love love-life wanted
