8 wise quotes by Voltaire

It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.

Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.

There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.

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

Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said.

Work saves us from three great evils: boredom, vice and need.

Judge a person by their questions, rather than their answers.

Slander is the immortal daughter of vanity and idleness.

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