Voltaire Quotes About Truth

Quotes about: Truth

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

  Voltaire

  Inspirational, Faith, Atheist

  Voltaire (1919). “Voltaire in His Letters: Being a Selection from His Correspondence”

• Love truth, but pardon error.

  Voltaire

  Love, Life, Dream

  "Sept Discours en Vers sur l'Homme". Book by Voltaire, 1738.

• As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities.

  Voltaire

  Truth, Believe, Evil People

• The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason.

  Voltaire

  Truth, Religion, Atheism

• Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.

  Voltaire

  Truth, Cherish

• I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom.

  Voltaire

  Truth, Affection, Martyrdom

  Letter to Jean le Rond d'Alembert, February 08, 1776.

• Truth is a fruit that can only be picked when it is very ripe.

  Voltaire

  Truth, Fruit, Ripe

• History is the lie commonly agreed upon.

  Voltaire

  Truth, Freedom, Lying

• To announce truths is an infallible receipt for being persecuted.

  Voltaire

  Truth, Receipts, Persecuted

• Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share; Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare.

  Voltaire

  Courage, Truth, May

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

  Voltaire

  Truth, Men, All Time

  Letter to François-Joachim de Pierre, cardinal de Bernis, April 23, 1764.

• What is not in nature can never be true.

  Voltaire

  Nature, Truth, Being True

  Voltaire (2007). “The Complete Romances of Voltaire”, p.384, Wildside Press LLC

• Truth is a fruit which should not be plucked until it is ripe.

  Voltaire

  Truth, Fruit, Should

• He who seeks truth should be of no country.

  Voltaire

  Country, Truth, Should

• The monster, fanaticism, still exists, and whoever seeks after truth will run the risk of being persecuted.

  Voltaire

  Running, Truth, Risk

  Voltaire (2007). “The Complete Romances of Voltaire”, p.460, Wildside Press LLC

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