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Voltaire

Voltaire

French writer and philosopher (ps. of Fran ois Marie Arouet)

Lived from: 1694 - 1778

Category: Philosophers | Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagFrance

Born: 21 november 1694 Died: 30 may 1778

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  • Exaggeration is the inseparable companion of greatness.
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  • Four thousand volumes of metaphysics will not teach us what the soul is.
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  • God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.
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  • God is always on the side of the heaviest battalions.
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  • God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best.
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  • Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.
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  • He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise.
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  • He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
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  • He who dies before many witnesses always does so with courage.
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  • He who doesn't have the spirit of his time, has all its misery.
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  • History is just the portrayal of crimes and misfortunes.
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  • History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play upon the dead.
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  • I know of no great man except those who have rendered great services to the human race.
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  • I know of nothing more laughable than a doctor who does not die of old age.
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  • I should like to lie at your feet and die in your arms.
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  • I was never ruined but twice; once when I lost a lawsuit and once when I won one.
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  • If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
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  • In the case of news, we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation.
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  • In this country it's a good thing to kill an admiral now and then to encourage the others.
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  • Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.
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