Quotes by Voltaire

The punishment of criminals should be of use; when a man is hanged he is...

#Crime

Now, now my good man, this is no time for making enemies.

#Death, #Enemies

Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of...

#Doctors, #Medicine

The best is the enemy of the good.

#Doing Your Best

Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous.

#Doubt

Doubt is not a pleasant condition but certainty is an absurd one.

#Doubt

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd

#Doubt

Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference

#Equality, #Men

Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

#Fool, #Prejudice, #Reason

If there were no God, it would have been necessary to invent him.

#God, #Human Nature, #Religion

It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.

#Government

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

#History