Voltaire (francois Marie Arouet Voltaire) Quotes

Our country is that spot to which our heart is bound.
[Fr., La patrie est aux lieux ou l'ame more

Our country is that spot to which our heart is bound.
[Fr., La patrie est aux lieux ou l'ame est enchainee.]

Wishers and woulders be small householders.

Wishers and woulders be small householders.

Your Majesty may think me an impatient sick man, and that the
Turks are even sicker.

Your Majesty may think me an impatient sick man, and that the
Turks are even sicker.

I have always made one prayer to God, a very short one. Here it
is: "My God, make our more

I have always made one prayer to God, a very short one. Here it
is: "My God, make our enemies very ridiculous!" God has granted
it to me.

Common sense is not so common.
[Fr., Le sens commun n'est pas si common.]
- Voltaire more

Common sense is not so common.
[Fr., Le sens commun n'est pas si common.]
- Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire),

We cannot wish for that we know not.
[Fr., On ne peut desirer ce qu'on ne connait pas.]

We cannot wish for that we know not.
[Fr., On ne peut desirer ce qu'on ne connait pas.]

The first king was a successful soldier;
He who serves well his country has no need of ancestors.
more

The first king was a successful soldier;
He who serves well his country has no need of ancestors.
[Fr., Le premier qui fut roi, fut un soldat heureux;
Qui sert bien son pays, n'a pas besoin d'aleux.]

How inexpressible is the meanness of being a hypocrite! how
horrible is it to be a mischievous and malignant more

How inexpressible is the meanness of being a hypocrite! how
horrible is it to be a mischievous and malignant hypocrite.
- Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire),

The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one
on which depends the rest more

The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one
on which depends the rest of our days.
[Fr., Le premier pas, mon fils, que l'on fait dans le monde,
Est celui dont depend le reste de nos jours.]

All styles are good except the tiresome kind.
[Fr., Tous les genres sont bons, hors le genre ennuyeux.]

All styles are good except the tiresome kind.
[Fr., Tous les genres sont bons, hors le genre ennuyeux.]