Voltaire Quotes About Funny
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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
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I was never ruined but twice: once when I lost a lawsuit, and once when I won one.
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It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue.
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A minister of state is excusable for the harm he does when the helm of government has forced his hand in a storm; but in the calm he is guilty of all the good he does not do.
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Let us work without theorizing, tis the only way to make life endurable.
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God created sex. Priests created marriage.
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There are men who can think no deeper than a fact.
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The superfluous, a very necessary thing.
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To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.
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I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it.
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By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.
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The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it.
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The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
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Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.
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If there were no God, it would have been necessary to invent him.
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Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.
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May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
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Monsieur l'abbé, I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to write.
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Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.
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I hate women because they always know where things are.
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