Even in those cities which seem to enjoy the blessings of peace, and where the arts flourish, the inhabitants are devoured by envy, cares and anxieties, which are greater plagues than any experienced in a town when it is under siege.

— Voltaire

Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time.

— Voltaire

Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.

— Voltaire

Everything is for the best in this best of all possible worlds.

— Voltaire

Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.

— Voltaire

Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.

— Voltaire

Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe. It is not enough that a thing be possible for it to be believed.

— Voltaire

Faith is believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.

— Voltaire

Fear could never make a virtue.

— Voltaire

Fear follows crime and is its punishment.

— Voltaire