Gоd gаvе uѕ thе gift оf life; it iѕ uр tо uѕ tо give ourselves the gift оf living well.

Voltaire

There is a wide difference between speaking to deceive, and being silent to be impenetrable.

Voltaire

To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.

Voltaire

Do you think, that mankind always massacred one another as they do now? Were they always guilty of lies, fraud, treachery, ingratitude, inconstancy, envy, ambition, and cruelty?

Voltaire

Love truth, and pardon error.

Voltaire

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.

Voltaire

I have had some knowledge of love myself, this sovereign of hearts, this soul of souls; yet it never cost me more than a kiss and twenty kicks on the backside. But how could this beautiful cause produce in you so hideous an effect?

Voltaire

I conceive there can be no effect without a cause; everything is necessarily concatenated and arranged for the best.

Voltaire

I know of no great man except those who have rendered great services to the human race.

Voltaire

A long dispute means that both parties are wrong.

Voltaire

Fools admire everything in an author of reputation.

Voltaire

Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.

Voltaire