
VoltaireVoltaire, a French Enlightenment philosopher, writer, and thinker, was born on November 21, 1694, and died on May 30, 1778. He had a profound impact on philosophy, literature, and science in France and Europe with his sharp wit and critical spirit. more
“All the persecutors declare against each other mortal war, while the philosopher, oppressed by them all, contents himself with pitying them.”
Source: Voltaire – The Philosophical Works: Treatise On Tolerance, Philosophical Dictionary, Candide, Letters on England, Plato’s Dream, Dialogues, The Study of Nature, Ancient Faith and Fable, Zadig…: From the French writer, historian and philosopher, famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion and freedom of expression
“Let us meet four times a year in a grand temple with music, and thank God for all his gifts. There is one sun. There is one God. Let us have one religion. Then all mankind will be brethren.”
“So now is the time, more than ever, for those who truly value all the principles of democracy, especially including dissent, to be the most forceful in speaking up, standing up and speaking out.”
“Providence has given us hope and sleep as a compensation for the many cares of life.”
“The man who, in a fit of melancholy, kills himself today, would have wished to live had he waited a week.”
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“Every beauty, when out of it's place, is a beauty no longer.”
Source: Voltaire – The Philosophical Works: Treatise On Tolerance, Philosophical Dictionary, Candide, Letters on England, Plato’s Dream, Dialogues, The Study of Nature, Ancient Faith and Fable, Zadig…: From the French writer, historian and philosopher, famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion and freedom of expression
“Those who think are excessively few; and those few do not set themselves to disturb the world.”
Source: Delphi Collected Works of Voltaire (Illustrated)
“He who seeks truth should be of no country.”
“Heaven made virtue; man, the appearance.”
“I have seen men incapable of the sciences, but never any incapable of virtue.”
Source: Delphi Collected Works of Voltaire (Illustrated)