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
geometry sects
There are no sects in geometry.
sleep exercise dark
Every one should be his own physician. We ought to assist, and not to force nature. Eat with moderation...Nothing is good for the body but what we can digest. What medicine can procure digestion? Exercise. What will recruit strength? Sleep.
truth men all-time
There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
law uniforms clear
Let all the laws be clear, uniform and precise for interpreting laws is almost always to corrupt them.
congratulations rewards done
The biggest reward for a thing well done is to have done it.
burning opinion neighbor
No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
shyness lost states
It is only through timidity that states are lost.
inspirational motivational dog
There are barbarians who seize this dog, who so prodigiously surpasses man in friendship, and nail him down to a table, and dissect him alive to show you the mezaraic veins... Answer me, Machinist, has Nature really arranged all the springs of feeling in this animal to the end that he might not feel? Has he nerves that he may be incapable of suffering?
acceptance destiny prudent
Often the prudent, far from making their destinies, succumb to them. -Francois
children evil boredom
"I have no more than twenty acres of ground," he replied, "the whole of which I cultivate myself with the help of my children; and our labor keeps off from us the three great evils - boredom, vice, and want."
relationship sleep knowing
Give me the patience for the small things of life, courage for the great trials of life. Help me to do my best each day and then go to sleep knowing God is awake.
angel passion play
Anyone who seeks to destroy the passions instead of controlling them is trying to play the angel.
philosophy science simple
The system of Descartes... seemed to give a plausible reason for all those phenomena; and this reason seemed more just, as it is simple and intelligible to all capacities. But in philosophy, a student ought to doubt of the things he fancies he understands too easily, as much as of those he does not understand.
spiritual moving men
Men who have seen life and death... as an unbroken continuum, the swinging pendulum, have been able to move as freely into death as they walked through life. Socrates went to the grave almost perplexed by his companions' tears.