Quotes by Voltaire

Fear follows crime and is its punishment.

What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous.

Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?

It is vain for the coward to flee death follows close behind it is only by defying it that the brave escape.

I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it.

Business is the salt of life.

The best way to be boring is to leave nothing out.

Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument.

The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to fight in.

We are rarely proud when we are alone.