Voltaire
Voltaire
François-Marie Arouet, known by his nom de plume Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion, freedom of expression, and separation of church and state...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionHistorian
Date of Birth21 November 1694
CityParis, France
CountryFrance
witty hate prove
A witty quote proves nothing.
ignorance animal two
I envy animals for two things - their ignorance of evil to come, and their ignorance of what is said about them.
men rights law
All men have equal rights to liberty, to their property, and to the protection of the laws
heart pathways music-is
Music is the pathway to the heart.
silly said ifs
If it's too silly to be said, it can always be sung.
scotland ideas looks
We look to Scotland for all our ideas of civilisation.
climbing history boots
History is only the pattern of silken slippers descending the stairs to the thunder of hobnailed boots climbing upward from below.
dream reality men
The man visited by ecstasies and visions, who takes dreams for realities is an enthusiast; the man who supports his madness with murder is a fanatic.
peace war now-and-then
An admiral should be put to death now and then to encourage the others.
war mean cutting
Men appear to prefer ruining one another's fortunes, and cutting each other's throats about a few paltry villages, to extending the grand means of human happiness.
men heaven appearance
Heaven made virtue; man, the appearance.
empires holy roman-civilization
The Holy Roman Empire is neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire.
thinking world
Those who think are excessively few; and those few do not set themselves to disturb the world.
strong eye certain
He who has heard the same thing told by 12,000 eye-witnesses has only 12,000 probabilities, which are equal to one strong probability, which is far from certain.