Quotes by Voltaire

Four thousand volumes of metaphysics will not teach us what the soul i >>

It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of >>

The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures >>

Quotations about Fame

Riches: A dream in the night. Fame: A gull floating on water. >>

After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than >>

My great comfort is, that the temporary celebrity I have wrung from th >>

What a heavy burden is a name that has become famous too soon.

Voltaire