Voltaire Quotes & Sayings (Page 8)

“The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason.”

“We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongue, at our peril, risk and hazard.”

“The flowery style is not unsuitable to public speeches or addresses, which amount only to compliment. The lighter beauties are in their place when there is nothing more solid to say; but the flowery style ought to be banished from a pleading, a sermon, or a didactic work.”

“Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them.”

“A witty saying proves nothing.”

“If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him.”

“The world embarrasses me, and I cannot dream that this watch exists and has no watchmaker.”

“Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.”

“He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend; provided, of course, he really is dead.”

“He who has not the spirit of this age, has all the misery of it.”