Voltaire Quotes
Browse 12 quotes from Voltaire, featuring insights on success, personal growth, leadership, mindset, and achievement.
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“Those who make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.”
“Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too.”
“Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.”
“Better is the enemy of good.”
“Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.”
“God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.”
“The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.”
“Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.”
“We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.”
“Shun idleness. It is a rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant of metals.”
“Life is bristling with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to cultivate one's garden.”
“Originality is nothing but judicious imitation.”
