Quotes from Voltaire

I know of no great men except those who have rendered great service to the human race.

The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.

Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.

Constant happiness is the philosopher's stone of the soul.

We all look for happiness, but without knowing where to find it: like drunkards who look for their house, knowing dimly that they have one.

There can be no happiness without good health

Happiness is not the portion of man.

Doctors put drugs of which they know little into bodies of which they know less for diseases of which they know nothing at all.

A physician is an unfortunate gentleman who is every day required to perform a miracle; namely to reconcile health with intemperance.

I have chosen to be happy because it is goo for my health.

I've decided to be happy because it's good for my health.

The fate of a nation has often depended on the good or bad digestion of a prime minister.

The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.

What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.

Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.

History is only the pattern of silken slippers descending the stairs to the thunder of hobnailed boots climbing upward from below.

History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play upon the dead.

Historians are gossips who tease the dead

History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes.

History is the study of the world's crime

History is fables agreed upon.

History is a pack of lies we play on the dead.

The history of human opinion is scarcely anything more than the history of human errors.

History is the recital of facts represented as true. Fable, on the other hand, is the recital of facts represented as fiction.