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
life soul liberty
Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
inspirational inspiring christmas
Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
people luck ignorant
It is ourselves alone that make our days lucky or unlucky. Away, then, with a vain prejudice, the invention of the priesthood, which has been transmitted by our ancestors to an ignorant people.
spiritual travel attitude
Wherever my travels may lead, paradise is where I am.
christian believe men
Every sensible man, every honorable man, must hold the Christian sect in horror." "Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd and bloody religion that has ever infected the world." "Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense." "If we believe absurdities, we shall commit atrocities.
happiness men advice
Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.
law lost ruined
I was never ruined but twice: once when I lost a lawsuit, and once when I won one.
god spiritual circles
God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.
dream goal wish
To achieve a goal, a dream, a wish, you must plan it out for success!
funny life god
I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it.
marriage wedding life-is
To make a vow for life is to make oneself a slave.
optimistic optimism madness
Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable.
style addresses speech
The flowery style is not unsuitable to public speeches or addresses, which amount only to compliment. The lighter beauties are in their place when there is nothing more solid to say; but the flowery style ought to be banished from a pleading, a sermon, or a didactic work.
death forgiveness nature
We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies - it is the first law of nature.