Quotes from Voltaire

History is but the record of crimes and misfortunes. L'histoire n'est que le tableau des crimes et des malheurs

History consists of a series of accumulated imaginative inventions.

A torch lighted in the forests of America set all Europe in conflagration.

History in general is a collection of crimes, follies, and misfortunes among which we have now and then met with a few virtues, and some happy times.

All the ancient histories, as one of our wits say, are just fables that have been agreed upon

History is just the portrayal of crimes and misfortunes.

A lady of honor may be raped once, but it strengthens her virtue.

Chess is a game which reflects most honor on human wit.

One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything's fine today, that is our illusion.

What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity.

To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.

All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God.

I was never ruined but twice: once when I lost a lawsuit, and once when I won one.

Shakespeare is a drunken savage with some imagination whose plays please only in London and Canada.

Injustice in the end produces independence.

The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force.

The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.

No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.

A long dispute means both parties are wrong.

The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason.

No, nothing has the power to part me from you; our love is based upon virtue, and will last as long as our lives.

Persistence with patience and prayer pays with profits, prosperity and peace of mind.

God prefers bad verses recited with a pure heart to the finest verses chanted by the wicked.