Voltaire Quotes

  • The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.Upload to Facebook
    The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
    ~ Voltaire
  • The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
    ~ Voltaire
  • The instinct of a man is to pursue everything that flies from him, and to fly from all that pursue him.Upload to Facebook
    The instinct of a man is to pursue everything that flies from him, and to fly from all that pursue him.
    ~ Voltaire
  • Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce.Upload to Facebook
    Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce.
    ~ Voltaire
  • God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.
    ~ Voltaire
  • It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue.
    ~ Voltaire
  • Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
    ~ Voltaire
  • The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
    ~ Voltaire
  • I have spoken of love. It is hard to go from people who kiss one another to people who eat one another.
    ~ Voltaire
  • When he who hears does not know what he who speaks means, and when he who speaks does not know what he himself means, that is philosophy.
    ~ Voltaire
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