Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable.

Paradise was made for tender hearts

By : Voltaire

I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.

By : Voltaire

It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.

By : Voltaire

God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.

By : Voltaire

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

By : Voltaire

We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongue, at our peril, risk and hazard.

By : Voltaire

We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved.

By : Voltaire

The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.

By : Voltaire

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.

By : Voltaire

All styles are good except the tiresome kind.

By : Voltaire

Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.

By : Voltaire

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

By : Voltaire