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Voltaire

Read through the most famous quotes from Voltaire




We cannot wish for that we know not.


— Voltaire


#know #we cannot #wish

What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous.


— Voltaire


#become #burden #heavy #heavy burden #name

Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors.


— Voltaire


#country #his #need #serves #well

Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning! It is indeed by so doing that we can say the letter kills and the spirit gives life.


— Voltaire


#every #gives #indeed #kills #letter

Anyone who seeks to destroy the passions instead of controlling them is trying to play the angel.


— Voltaire


#anyone #controlling #destroy #instead #passions

Prejudices are what fools use for reason.


— Voltaire


#prejudices #reason #use

If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him.


— Voltaire


#exist #god #him #invent #necessary

God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best.


— Voltaire


#best #big #god #shoot #side

Divorce is probably of nearly the same date as marriage. I believe, however, that marriage is some weeks the more ancient.


— Voltaire


#believe #date #divorce #however #i

The secret of being a bore... is to tell everything.


— Voltaire


#bore #everything #secret #tell






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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