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