Voltaire Quotes

People are never so near playing the fool as when they think themselves wise.

There are two sides to every question: my side and the wrong side.

There is this difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but he that thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

It's what a fellow thinks he knows that hurts him.

I have two brothers, and we used to always laugh at oblivious people. People who are so cocky and full of themselves that they just don't realize how stupid they are. And those kind of idiots really make me laugh.

It is a form of arrogance to assume that other people are even thinking about you.

If you think you're right 80% of the time, you're deluded.

The common thread of my comedy shows is conflict and, I guess, the frustration of people who either argue with you or just say stuff which is blatantly incorrect, and nobody calls them out on it.

Thinking you know when in fact you don't is a fatal mistake, to which we are all prone

Patch smiled. “You come by your red hair naturally?” I stared at him. “I don’t have red hair.” “I hate to break it to you, but it’s red. I could light it on fire and it wouldn’t turn any redder.

If you don't have a sense of humor, you'll hurt yourself arguing with me.

Maybe he thinks he can rescue me? No one is that stupid.

We cannot bring ourselves to believe it possible that a foreigner should in any respect be wiser than ourselves. If any such point out to us our follies, we at once claim those follies as the special evidence of our wisdom.

The folly of others is ever most ridiculous to those who are themselves most foolish.

The greatest fool is he who thinks he is not one and all others are.

Nothing but free argument, raillery and even ridicule will preserve the purity of religion.

He who thinks himself wise, O heavens! is a great fool.

So, go talk to flowers about bulls and such," Aphrodite said. "I'll go talk to flowers," Stevie Rae said.

The most sure method of subjecting yourself to be deceived is to consider yourself more cunning than others.

Shut up Jas, you are not Baby Jesus

Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.

The folly of mistaking oneself for an oracle is built right into us.