“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.””
Quotes by Voltaire
“Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.””
“It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.””
“Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.””
“Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.””
“The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.””
“Common sense is not so common.””
A Pocket Philosophical Dictionary
“I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life. This ridiculous weakness is perhaps one of our more stupid melancholy propensities, for is there anything more stupid than to be eager to go on carrying a burden which one would gladly throw away, to loathe one’s very being and yet to hold it fast, to fondle the snake that devours us until it has eaten our hearts away?””
Candide, or, Optimism
VoltaireFrançois-Marie Arouet, better known as Voltaire, was a prominent figure of the French Enlightenment, celebrated for his sharp wit and incisive critiques of society and religion. He emerged as a prolif...