Here we have put together a list of the 25 best quotes by Voltaire.
Top 25 Voltaire Quotes and Sayings
It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.
Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time.
Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
Dare to think for yourself.
The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day.
Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
I don't know where I am going, but I am on my way.
Common sense is not so common.
I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.
Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.
Love truth, but pardon error.
The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.
Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.
It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.