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Voltaire

Read through the most famous quotes from Voltaire




Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.


— Voltaire


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Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.


— Voltaire


#belong #excellent #makes #others #thing

Clever tyrants are never punished.


— Voltaire


#never #punished #tyrants

Tears are the silent language of grief.


— Voltaire


#grief #language #silent #tears

It is not love that should be depicted as blind, but self-love.


— Voltaire


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Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.


— Voltaire


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Better is the enemy of good.


— Voltaire


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It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one.


— Voltaire


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Chance is a word void of sense; nothing can exist without a cause.


— Voltaire


#chance #exist #nothing #sense #void

The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.


— Voltaire


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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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