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
money humor religion
When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
fighting history architecture
The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to fight in.
dance reading two
Let us read and let us dance - two amusements that will never do any harm to the world.
inspirational education clever
No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.
funny stupid humor
To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.
reality civilization risk
Among the illusions which have invested our civilization is an absolute belief that the solutions to our problems must be a more determined application of rationally organized expertise... The reality is that our problems are largely the product of that application.
men history doe
History never repeats itself. Man always does.
art two government
The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay all it possibly can pay for the benefit of the other third.
inspirational political cynical
It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
history crime register
History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes.
inspirational military learning
The best is the enemy of the good.
god reality men
All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God.
political politics seduction
It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
stupid book enormous-quantities
Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day.