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
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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.
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It requires ages to destroy a popular opinion.
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A woman can keep one secret the secret of her age.
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Pleasure has its time; so too, has wisdom. Make love in thy youth, and in old age attend to thy salvation.
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He who has not the spirit of this age, has all the misery of it.
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Errors flies from mouth to mouth, from pen to pen, and to destroy it takes ages.
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We are obliged to place ourselves on the level of our age before we can rise above it.
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I advise you to go on living solely to enrage those who are paying your annuities. It is the only pleasure I have left.
names mad age
If you wish to obtain a great name or to found an establishment, be completely mad; but be sure that your madness corresponds with the turn and temper of your age.
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To a toad, what is beauty? A female with two pop-eyes, a wide mouth, yellow belly and spotted back
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The punishment of criminals should serve a purpose. When a man is hanged he is useless.
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The public is a ferocious beast -- one must either chain it up or flee from it.
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Weakness on both sides is, the motto of all quarrels.
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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.