More Quotes by Voltaire
Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?
Dare to think for yourself.
Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.
Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills.
The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason.
It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.
Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said.
The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
