GREAT QUOTES OF VOLTAIRE
Boredom and Bores
The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.Voltaire: Sept discours en vers sur l'homme
Certainty
Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is an absurd one.Voltaire
Enemies
I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: “O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.” And God granted it.Voltaire
Error
Love truth, but pardon error.Voltaire: Sept discours en Vers sur l'homme
Freedom of Speech and the Press
I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to write.Voltaire
God
If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.Voltaire
God
If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.Voltaire: Le Sottisier
Goodness
The best is the enemy of the good.Voltaire: Philosophical Dictionary
Marriage
Marriage is the only adventure open to the timid.Voltaire: Pensées d'un Philosophe
Optimism and Pessimism
All is for the best in the best of possible worlds.Voltaire: Candide