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
art exercise physicians
But nothing is more estimable than a physician who, having studied nature from his youth, knows the properties of the human body, the diseases which assail it, the remedies which will benefit it, exercises his art with caution, and pays equal attention to the rich and the poor.
exercise law rights
The tyranny of the many would be when one body takes over the rights of others, and then exercises its power to change the laws in its favor.
sleep exercise dark
Every one should be his own physician. We ought to assist, and not to force nature. Eat with moderation...Nothing is good for the body but what we can digest. What medicine can procure digestion? Exercise. What will recruit strength? Sleep.
religious sleep exercise
So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish to tyrannize will do so; for tyrants are active and ardent, and will devote themselves in the name of any number of gods, religious and otherwise, to put shackles upon sleeping men.
judge questions rather
Judge a person by their questions, rather than their answers.
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Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
country
Who serves his country well has no need of ancestors.
religion subject
Such is the feebleness of humanity, such is its perversity, that doubtless it is better for it to be subject to all possible superstitions, as long as they are not murderous, than to live without religion.
condemned criminals good hanged man public serves works
Let the punishments of criminals be useful. A hanged man is good for nothing; a man condemned to public works still serves the country, and is a living lesson.
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Wherever there is a settled society, religion is necessary; the laws cover manifest crimes, and religion covers secret crimes.
happy life religion
Religion was instituted to make us happy in this life and in the other. What must we do to be happy in the life to come? Be just.
born five god knowledge men nose
All men are born with a nose and five fingers, but no one is born with a knowledge of God.
freedom natural pens risk
We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongues, at our peril, risk and hazard.
hear news sacrament wait
When we hear news we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation