Voltaire Quotes

Your Majesty may think me an impatient sick man, and that the Turks are even sicker. - Voltaire

Your destiny is that of a man, and your vows those of a god. - Voltaire

You will notice that in all disputes between Christians since the birth of the Church, Rome has always favored the doctrine which most completely subjugated the human mind and annihilated reason. - Voltaire

You must have the devil in you to succeed in any of the arts. - Voltaire

You can never correct your work well until you have forgotten it. - Voltaire

Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need. - Voltaire

Work keeps at bay three great evils: boredom, vice, and need. - Voltaire

Work is often the father of pleasure. - Voltaire

Work banishes those three great evils: boredom, vice and poverty. - Voltaire

Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning! It is indeed by so doing that we can say the letter kills and the spirit gives life. - Voltaire