Voltaire
French writer and philosopher, 1694-1778
9 quotes.
Quotes by Voltaire
- A good imitation is the most perfect originality.
- Dont think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money.
- Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.
- Perfection is attained by slow degrees; she requires the hand of time.
- Shun idleness, it is the rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals.
- The discovery of what is true, and the practice of that which is good, are the two most important objects of philosophy.
- The secret of making oneself tiresome is not to know when to stop.
- We cannot always oblige, but we can always speak obligingly.
- Work saves us from three great evils: boredom, vice and need.