Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old Voltaire quotes, Voltaire sayings, and Voltaire proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.'
Paradise was made for tender hearts; hell, for loveless hearts.Voltaire
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Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable.Voltaire
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Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively.Voltaire
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A witty saying proves nothing.Voltaire
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The punishment of criminals should serve a purpose. When a man is hanged he is useless.Voltaire
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Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.Voltaire
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Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.Voltaire
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Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too.Voltaire
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Paradise was made for tender hearts; hell, for loveless hearts.Voltaire
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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.Voltaire
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Fear follows crime and is its punishment.Voltaire
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Every abuse ought to be reformed, unless the reform is more dangerous than the abuse itself.Voltaire
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Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.Voltaire
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Every sensible man, every honorable man, must hold the Christian sect in horror.Voltaire
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Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.Voltaire
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No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible. Voltaire
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We look to Scotland for all our ideas of civilization.Voltaire
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England has forty-two religions and only two sauces.Voltaire
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Clever tyrants are never punished.Voltaire
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Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.Voltaire
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History never repeats itself. Man always does.Voltaire
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This agglomeration which was called and which still calls itself the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.Voltaire
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Exaggeration, the inseparable companion of greatness.Voltaire
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A physician is an unfortunate gentleman who is every day required to perform a miracle; namely to reconcile health with intemperance.Voltaire
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No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.Voltaire
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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.Voltaire
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The perfect is the enemy of the good.Voltaire
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The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.Voltaire
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I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.Voltaire
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The biggest reward for a thing well done is to have done it.Voltaire