Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.
—Voltaire
Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.
—Voltaire
Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.
—Voltaire
To the wicked, everything serves as pretext.
—Voltaire
We are rarely proud when we are alone.
—Voltaire
On parle toujours mal quand on n’a rien à dire. One always speaks badly when one has nothing to say.
—Voltaire
J’ai toujours fait une prière à Dieu, qui est fort courte. La voici: Mon Dieu, rendez nos ennemis bien ridicules! I always made one prayer to God, a very short one. Here it is: “O Lord, make our enemies quite ridiculous!”
—Voltaire
Il est bien malaisé (puisqu’il faut enfin m’expliquer) d’ôter à des insensés des chaînes qu’ils révèrent. It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.
—Voltaire
Le sens commun n’est pas si commun. Common sense is not so common.
—Voltaire
Ask a toad what is beauty … ; he will answer that it is a female with two great round eyes coming out of her little head, a large flat head, a yellow belly and a brown back.
—Voltaire
Le secret d’ennuyer est celui de tout dire. The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
—Voltaire
L’homme doit être content, dit-on; mais de quo? Man ought to be content, it is said; but with what?
—Voltaire
To the wicked, everything serves as pretext.
—Voltaire
It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.
—Voltaire
A witty saying proves nothing.
—Voltaire