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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

  • 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.
  • In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other.
  • When he who hears does not know what he who speaks means, and when he who speaks does not know what he himself means, that is philosophy.
  • Every man is the creature of the age in which he lives; very few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time.
  • 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.
  • I was never ruined but twice; once when I lost a lawsuit and once when I won one.
  • This poem will never reach its destination. [On Rousseau's Ode To Posterity]
  • It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge.
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  • All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God.
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  • Men hate the individual whom they call avaricious only because nothing can be gained from him.
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  • Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable.
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  • Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, in human beings of whom they know nothing.
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  • Men argue, nature acts.
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  • Men who are occupied in the restoration of health to other men, by the joint exertion of skill and humanity, are above all the great of the earth. They even partake of divinity, since to preserve and renew is almost as noble as to create.
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  • The only way to compel men to speak good of us is to do it.
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  • Verses which do not teach men new and moving truths do not deserve to be read.
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What are the most famous quotes from Voltaire?

The two most famous quotes from Voltaire are:

  • "All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God."
  • "Men hate the individual whom they call avaricious only because nothing can be gained from him."

When did Voltaire live?

Voltaire was born in 1694 and died in the year 1778.