Inspirational Quotations by Voltaire

  • Judge a man by his questions
    rather than his answers.
    Topics: Questions, Judgement
    From Issue 22
  • Happiness grows in our own gardens,
    and it is not to be picked up in strangers garden.
    From Issue 163
  • Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.
    From Issue 175
  • Better is the enemy of good.
    From Issue 179
  • All is for the best in the best of the possible worlds.
    From Issue 210
  • Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.
    From Issue 218
  • A witty saying proves nothing.
    From Issue 278
  • I doubt not that in due time, when the arts are brought to perfection, some means will be found to give a sound head to a man who has none at all.
    Topic: Intelligence
    From Issue 336
  • Tears are the silent language of grief.
    Topic: Crying
    From Issue 342
  • Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?
    From Issue 347
  • Men who are occupied in the restoration of health to other men, by the joint exertion of skill and humanity, are above all the great of the earth. They even partake of divinity, since to preserve and renew is almost as noble as to create.
    From Issue 383
  • No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.
    From Issue 387
  • Shun idleness. It is a rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals.
    From Issue 388
  • Pleasure is the object, duty and the goal of all rational creatures.
    From Issue 404
  • No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.
    From Issue 407

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