Humor Quote by Voltaire — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“The perfect is the enemy of the good.”

“To enjoy life, we must touch much of it lightly.”

“The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.”

“I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be resigned and tell myself that flies are born to be eaten by spiders and man to be devoured by sorrow.”

“It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.”

“If God did not exist, He would have to be invented. But all nature cries aloud that he does exist: that there is a supreme intelligence, an immense power, an admirable order, and everything teaches us our own dependence on it.”

“Hey Susie Derkins, is that your face, or is a 'possum stuck in your collar?”

“It's the idea that people living close to nature tend to be noble. It's seeing all those sunsets that does it. You can't watch a sunset and then go off and set fire to your neighbor's tepee. Living close to nature is wonderful for your mental health.”

“I think hiccup cures were really invented for the amusement of the patient's friends.”

“I feel ill," [Howl] announced. "I'm going to bed, where I may die.”

“I can only assume," said Jace, "that mortal emotions amuse you because you have none of your own.”

“You don’t need no gun control, you know what you need? We need some bullet control. Men, we need to control the bullets, that’s right. I think all bullets should cost five thousand dollars… five thousand dollars per bullet… You know why? Cause if a bullet cost five thousand dollars there would be no more innocent bystanders.”