Voltaire Quotes

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

It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right.

I speak truth, not so much as I would, but as much as I dare; and I dare a little more, as I grown older.

It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.

I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older.

There is great strength in acting boldly but there is also great strength in not acting if the time is not right.

Middle age is when the best exercise is one of discretion.

A man's most valuable trait is a judicious sense of what not to believe.

Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.

Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth.

One of the hardest things to teach a child is that truth is more important than consequences.

Maturity is reached the day we don't need to be lied to about anything.

When anger rushes unrestrained to action, like a hot steed, it stumbles on its way. The man of thought strikes deepest and strikes safely.

It gets really tricky giving advice. The older I get, the less advice I give.

Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral authority.

Step with care and great tact, and remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act.

Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.

Know when to speak - for many times it brings danger, to give the best advice to kings.

See it all. See it fairly. Be truthful, be sensible and be careful with language. When nothing depends on man, everything depends on him.

All truth is not to be told at all times.

The only question which any wise man can ask himself, and which any honest man will ask himself, is whether a doctrine is true or false.

I would rather stop too soon than too late.

Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.