Voltaire, Rebel And Thinker
1. “Judge of a man by his questions rather than by his answers.” – Voltaire
2. “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” – Voltaire
3. “Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.” – Voltaire
4. “The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.” – Voltaire
5. “It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one.” – Voltaire
6. “Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.” – Voltaire
7. “Common sense is not so common.” – Voltaire
8. “Chance is a word void of sense; nothing can exist without a cause.” – Voltaire
9. “Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.” – Voltaire
10. “I disapprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it.” – Voltaire
11. “Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.” – Voltaire
12. “Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too.” – Voltaire
13. “The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.” – Voltaire
14. “It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.” – Voltaire
15. “No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.” – Voltaire
16. “Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.” – Voltaire
17. “The progress of rivers to the ocean is not so rapid as that of man to error.” – Voltaire
18. “The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing good once in a year.” – Voltaire
19. “Common sense is genius in homespun.” – Voltaire
20. “If there were no God, it would be necessary to invent him.” – Voltaire
21. “It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.” – Voltaire
22. “Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable.” – Voltaire
23. “Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.” – Voltaire
24. “Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?” – Voltaire
25. “One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.” – Voltaire