Voltaire quotes

“Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do.”

— Voltaire

“If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.”

— Voltaire

“Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.”

— Voltaire

“Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.”

— Voltaire

“God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.”

— Voltaire

“God is always on the side of the big battalions.”

— Voltaire

“It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.”

— Voltaire

“It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.”

— Voltaire

“Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.”

— Voltaire

“Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly.”

— Voltaire

“The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.”

— Voltaire

“The secret of being boring is to say everything.”

— Voltaire

“To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.”

— Voltaire