Voltaire
Voltaire
François-Marie Arouet, known by his nom de plume Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion, freedom of expression, and separation of church and state...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionHistorian
Date of Birth21 November 1694
CityParis, France
CountryFrance
strong drinking men
Men fed upon carnage, and drinking strong drinks, have all an impoisoned and acrid blood which drives them mad in a hundred different ways.
health miracle gentleman
A physician is an unfortunate gentleman who is every day required to perform a miracle; namely to reconcile health with intemperance.
leadership fruit inheritance
The right of commanding is no longer an advantage transmitted by nature; like an inheritance, it is the fruit of labors, the price of courage.
independence fruit revolution
Independence in the end is the fruit of injustice.
math use steps
When we cannot use the compass of mathematics or the torch of experience...it is certain we cannot take a single step forward.
boredom way boring
The best way to be boring is to include everything.
religion fool firsts
Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
love errors pardon
Love truth, and pardon error.
genius most-amazing invention
The most amazing and effective inventions are not those which do most honour to the human genius.
math imagination mathematics
There is an astonishing imagination, even in the science of mathematics.
christian rome religion
In all the disputes which have excited Christians against each other, Rome has invariably decided in favor of that opinion which tended most towards the suppression of the human intellect and the annihilation of the reasoning powers.
prayer persistence mind
Persistence with patience and prayer pays with profits, prosperity and peace of mind.
motivational giving answers
It is not the answers you give, but the questions you ask.
wise adversity men
He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise.