Voltaire Quotes

We seek happiness, but without knowing where, like drunkards search for their home, knowing that they have one.

Only he is immensely rich who knows how to limit his desires.

I proclaim loudly the freedom of thought and may he who does not think like me perish.

He who reveals the secret of others is seen as a traitor; he who reveals his own secret is seen as a fool.

Self-love, like the mechanism of human reproduction, is necessary, brings us pleasure, and we should hide it.

Chance is a meaningless word, nothing can exist without cause.

Everything goes well for people with a sweet and cheerful character.

Those who believe that money does everything, end up doing everything for money.

I do not agree with what you say, but I would fight for your right to say it.

The pleasure of governing must be very great, since there are so many who aspire to do it.

Civilization did not suppress barbarism; it perfected it and made it more cruel and barbaric.

One of the superstitions of human beings is to believe that virginity is a virtue.