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
war philosopher oppressed
All the persecutors declare against each other mortal war, while the philosopher, oppressed by them all, contents himself with pitying them.
men instinct pursue
The instinct of a man is to pursue everything that flies from him, and to fly from all that pursue him.
philosophical writing rome
If there had been a censorship of the press in Rome we should have had today neither Horace nor Juvenal, nor the philosophical writings of Cicero.
christian sin dies
Needless to say since Christ's expiation not one single Christian has been known to sin, or die.
soul mistress half
It is not a mistress I have lost but half of myself, a soul for which my soul seems to have been made.
age opinion popular-opinion
It requires ages to destroy a popular opinion.
secret age
A woman can keep one secret the secret of her age.
important-events atheism church
Whenever an important event, a revolution, or a calamity turns to the profit of the church, such is always signalised as the Finger of God.
thinking mind killing
There's scarce a point whereon mankind agree - So well as in their boast of killing me; I boast of nothing, but when I've a mind - I think I can be even with mankind
believe atrocities absurdity
He who can lead you to believe an absurdity can lead you to commit an atrocity.
christian years done
For seventeen hundred years the Christian sect has done nothing but harm.
men burning earth
What will the preachers say? .. to teach men not to persecute men: for, while a few sanctimonious humbugs are burning a few fanatics, the earth opens and swallows up all alike.
appreciation men
God created women only to tame men.
men wicked fanaticism
Fanaticism, to which men are so much inclined, has always served not only to render them more brutalized but more wicked.