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
method infallible fanatics
An infallible method of making fanatics is to persuade before you instruct.
father pleasure
Work is often the father of pleasure.
congratulations rewards done
The biggest reward for a thing well done is to have done it.
hypocrisy doe various
Love has various lodgings; the same word does not always signify the same thing.
true-power vanity politeness
True power and true politeness are above vanity.
prayer philosophy made
We offer up prayers to god only because we have made him after our own image. We treat him like a pasha, or a sultan, who is capable of being exasperated and appeased.
virtue
Virtue debases itself in justifying itself.
succeed multitudes seems
To succeed in chaining the multitude, you must seem to wear the same fetters.
idols feet hands
The Pope is an idol whose hands are tied and whose feet are kissed.
strong justice citizens
Not all citizens can be equally strong; but they can all be equally free.
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.
independence fruit revolution
Independence in the end is the fruit of injustice.
boredom way boring
The best way to be boring is to include everything.
prayer persistence mind
Persistence with patience and prayer pays with profits, prosperity and peace of mind.