Everything's fine today, that is our illusion.
Voltaire
We never live; we are always i…
We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
Voltaire
Doubt is not a pleasant condit…
Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.
Voltaire
All the reasonings of men are …
All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women.
Voltaire
Optimism is the madness of ins…
Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable.
Voltaire
The ancient Romans built their…
The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to fight in.
Voltaire
The ear is the avenue to the h…
The ear is the avenue to the heart.
Voltaire
It is not love that should be …
It is not love that should be depicted as blind, but self-love.
Voltaire
Life is thickly sown with thor…
Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
Voltaire
Paradise was made for tender h…
Paradise was made for tender hearts; hell, for loveless hearts.
Voltaire