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Voltaire

Read through the most famous quotes from Voltaire




… on doit des égards aux vivants, on ne doit aux morts que la vérité.


— Voltaire


#life #truth #death

If there were only one religion in England there would be danger of despotism, if there were two, they would cut each other's throats, but there are thirty, and they live in peace and happiness.


— Voltaire


#religion #religion

Il faut cultiver nos jardins.


— Voltaire


#life

Imagine all contradictions, all possible incompatibilities--you will find them in the government, in the law-courts, in the churches, in the public shows of this droll nation.


— Voltaire


#politics #imagination

I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it.


— Voltaire


#death

The art of medicine consists of keeping the patient in a good mood while nature does the healing.


— Voltaire


#humor #art

In the beginning God created man in His own image, and man has been trying to repay the favor ever since.


— Voltaire


#religion #religion

God's only excuse is that He doesn't exist," remarked Voltaire after a natural disaster that killed many people. Nietzsche loved this quote and wished he'd coined it!


— Voltaire


#sayings #voltaire #love

It is man´s faith to live either on agonies of fear and turmoil or in the prostration of boredom.


— Voltaire


#voltaire #faith

Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument.


— Voltaire


#argue #argument #best #dinner #dinner table






About Voltaire






Did you know about Voltaire?

He broke from the tradition of narrating diplomatic and military events and emphasized customs social history and achievements in the arts and sciences. Fearing an indefinite prison sentence Voltaire suggested that he be exiled to England as an alternative punishment which the French authorities accepted. Nevertheless he continued to write producing essays and historical studies.

[clarification needed] As a satirical polemicist he frequently made use of his works to criticize intolerance religious dogma and the French institutions of his day. Voltaire was a versatile writer producing works in almost every literary form including plays poems novels essays and historical and scientific works. swa ma.

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