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He who thinks himself wise, O heavens! is a great fool. — 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

The man visited by ecstasies and visions, who takes dreams for realities is an enthusiast; the man who supports his madness with murder is a fanatic. — Voltaire

Consequently they who assert that all is well have said a foolish thing, they should have said all is for the best. — Voltaire

He who can lead you to believe an absurdity can lead you to commit an atrocity. — Voltaire

Who demonstrated to him that the Bay of Lisbon had been made on purpose for the Anabaptist to be drowned. — Voltaire

What! Have you no monks to teach, to dispute, to govern, to intrigue and to burn people who do not agree with them? — Voltaire

He shines in the second rank, who is eclipsed in the first. — Voltaire

Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share; Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare. — Voltaire

He who is not just is severe, he who is not wise is sad. — Voltaire

Anyone who seeks to destroy the passions instead of controlling them is trying to play the angel. — Voltaire

The man who says to me, "Believe as I do, or God will damn you," will presently say, "Believe as I do, or I shall assassinate you." — Voltaire

The man who, in a fit of melancholy, kills himself today, would have wished to live had he waited a week. — Voltaire

When he to whom one speaks does not understand, and he who speaks himself does not understand, that is metaphysics. — Voltaire

He who cannot shine by thought, seeks to bring himself into notice by a witticism. — Voltaire

I know of nothing more laughable than a doctor who does not die of old age. — Voltaire

Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities. — Voltaire

The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it. — Voltaire

Voltaire said you know who is in control by what you can't say. — Kris Saknussemm

He is the man who knows everything and never dies. — Voltaire

A fool is a person who guesses and gets it wrong, a clever man is one who guesses, regardless of time period, and gets it right. — Voltaire

Whatever you do, crush the infamous thing, and love those who love you. — Voltaire

Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it. — Voltaire

A physician is an unfortunate gentleman who is every day required to perform a miracle; namely to reconcile health with intemperance. — Voltaire

Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all. — Voltaire

He who doesn't have the spirit of his time, has all its misery. — Voltaire

Those who believe absurdities will commit atrocities. — Voltaire

There are men who can think no deeper than a fact. — Voltaire

The first clergyman was the first rascal who met the first fool. — Voltaire

The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself. — Voltaire

The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason. — Voltaire

What! have you no monks who teach, who dispute, who govern, who cabal, and who burn people that are not of their opinion? — Voltaire

Who are you, Nature?
I live in you;
for fifty years I have been seeking you,
and I have not found you yet. — Voltaire

A physician is one who pours drugs of which he knows little into a body of which he knows less. — Voltaire

How I like the boldness of the English, how I like the people who say what they think! — Voltaire

Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason. — Voltaire

The rude beginnings of every art acquire a greater celebrity than the art in perfection; he who first played the fiddle was looked upon as a demigod. — Voltaire

Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road. — Voltaire

Historians are gossips who tease the dead — Voltaire

Those who can be made to believe absurdities can be made to commit atrocities. — Voltaire

War is the greatest of all crimes; and yet there is no aggressor who does not color his crime with the pretext of justice. — Voltaire

History contains little beyond a list of people who have accommodate themselves with other people's property. — Voltaire

Wisdom must yield to superstition's rules,
Who arms with bigot zeal the hand of fools. — Voltaire

He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise. — Voltaire

It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster. — Voltaire

Men are in general so tricky, so envious, and so cruel that when we find one who is only weak, we are too happy. — Voltaire

To learn who rules over you simply look to those you cannot criticize. — Voltaire

A clergyman is one who feels himself called upon to live without working at the expense of the rascals who work to live. — Voltaire

Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices. — Voltaire

Opinion rules the world, but in the long run it is the philosophers who shape opinion — Voltaire

He who has not the spirit of this age, has all the misery of it. — Voltaire

Those who are absent, by its means become present: correspondence is the consolation of life. - VOLTAIRE, Philosophical Dictionary — Colin Dexter

We all look for happiness, but without knowing where to find it: like drunkards who look for their house, knowing dimly that they have one — Voltaire

He who seeks truth should be of no country. — Voltaire

The man who leaves money to charity in his will is only giving away what no longer belongs to him — Voltaire

When one man speaks to another man who doesn't understand him, and when a man who's speaking no longer understands, it's metaphysics. — Voltaire

I know of no great men except those who have rendered great service to the human race. — Voltaire

The sovereign is called a tyrant who knows no laws but his caprice. — Voltaire

Every one goes astray, but the least imprudent are they who repent the soonest. — Voltaire

Those who think are excessively few; and those few do not set themselves to disturb the world. — Voltaire

Virtue between men is a commerce of good actions: he who has no part in this commerce must not be reckoned. — Voltaire

I advise you to go on living solely to enrage those who are paying your annuities. It is the only pleasure I have left. — Voltaire

God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best. — Voltaire

He who dies before many witnesses always does so with courage. — Voltaire

Thought depends absolutely on the stomach, but in spite of that, those who have the best stomachs are not the best thinkers. — Voltaire

All succeeds with people who are sweet and cheerful. — Voltaire

Who serves his country well has no need of ancestors. — Voltaire

It is the triumph of superior reason to live with folks who don't have any. — Voltaire