KeenBrain
KeenBrain
KeenBrain

Voltaire Quotes


Share this page on

Quotes by Voltaire

Showing 111-120 of 150 Quotes by Voltaire

I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom.

~Voltaire

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Who serves his country well has no need of ancestors.

~Voltaire

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.

~Voltaire

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


To believe in God is impossible not to believe in Him is absurd.

~Voltaire

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.

~Voltaire

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults of those beloved. He has wings, he comes quickly and flies away the same.

~Voltaire

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to fight in.

~Voltaire

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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

~Voltaire

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women.

~Voltaire

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes.

~Voltaire

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Writer

Born: November 21st, 1694

Died: May 30th, 1778

Links

Find Voltaire on Amazon

Related Authors

Alphonse Allais
David D. Burns
Rene Daumal
Alfred Einstein
Marguerite Gardiner
Amitava Kumar
Nnedi Okorafor
Erich Maria Remarque
Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus
Stendhal

Popular Authors

Erma Bombeck Julius Caesar Euripides Anne Frank Thomas Jefferson Sophia Loren Florence Nightingale Lil Wayne

Change your beliefs...change your life.

Get a related quote or insight every day.

(it's 100% free)

Follow Us On

Today's Birthdays

1694 - Voltaire

1768 - Friedrich Schleiermacher

1787 - Bryan Procter

1863 - Arthur Quiller-Couch

1870 - Alexander Berkman

1886 - Harold Nicolson

1889 - Hugh Kingsmill

1898 - Rene Magritte

1904 - Coleman Hawkins

1907 - Jim Bishop

Birthdays on November 21st
All Birthdays

Popular Topics

Beauty Change Dad Graduation Mom Moving On Politics Space