I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

Quote by Voltaire

Topics: Death Quotes

Nature has always had more force than education.

Nature has always had more force than education.

Very learned women are to be found, in the same manner as female warriors; but...

Very learned women are to be found, in the same manner as female warriors; but...

Poetry is the music of the soul, and, above all, of great and feeling souls.

Poetry is the music of the soul, and, above all, of great and feeling souls.

Philosopher: A lover of wisdom, which is to say, Truth

Philosopher: A lover of wisdom, which is to say, Truth

I disapprove of what you say, but I defend to the death your right to...

I disapprove of what you say, but I defend to the death your right to...

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers

Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal...

Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal...

Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce.

Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce.

The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those...

The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those...

The ear is the avenue to the heart.

The ear is the avenue to the heart.

Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning!...

Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning!...

Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable.

Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable.

Ice-cream is exquisite - what a pity it isn't illegal.

Ice-cream is exquisite - what a pity it isn't illegal.

I hate women because they always know where things are.

I hate women because they always know where things are.

If you want good laws, burn those you have and make new ones.

If you want good laws, burn those you have and make new ones.

To believe in God is impossible - to not believe in Him is absurd

To believe in God is impossible - to not believe in Him is absurd

Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy: the mad daughter of a wise...

Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy: the mad daughter of a wise...

Astrology can clear up or mix up a person as much as any other psychological,...

Astrology can clear up or mix up a person as much as any other psychological,...

The stars which shone over Babylon and the stable in Bethlehem still shine as brightly...

The stars which shone over Babylon and the stable in Bethlehem still shine as brightly...

With every passing hour our solar system comes forty-three thousand miles closer to globular cluster...

With every passing hour our solar system comes forty-three thousand miles closer to globular cluster...

Religious superstition consists in the belief that the sacrifices, often of human lives, made to...

Religious superstition consists in the belief that the sacrifices, often of human lives, made to...