More Quotes by Voltaire
The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.
The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.
Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said.
Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason.
So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish to tyrannize will do so; for tyrants are active and ardent, and will devote themselves in the name of any number of gods, religious and otherwise, to put shackles upon sleeping men.
Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them.
The more a man knows, the less he talks.
It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.
If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to believe.