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
men good-man enemy
Now, now my good man, this is no time to be making enemies." (Voltaire on his deathbed in response to a priest asking him that he renounce Satan.)
enemy
Now is not the time for making new enemies.
hate enemy superstitions
I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition.
enemy
This is no time to be making new enemies.
writing enemy nouns
The adjective is the enemy of the noun. Variant: The adjective is the enemy of the substantive.
life-and-death enemy famous-last-words
This is no time to make new enemies.
enemy weapons use
Nothing is so common as to imitate one's enemies, and to use their weapons.
perfect enemy excellence
Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien. (The perfect is the enemy of the good.)
patriotism enemy mankind
It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind.
parent enemy source
Theological religion is the source of all imaginable follies and disturbances. It is the parent of fanaticism and civil discord; it is the enemy of mankind.
perfection perfect enemy
Perfect is the enemy of good.
criminals hanged man punishment serve
The punishment of criminals should serve a purpose. When a man is hanged he is useless.
beast chain either ferocious flee public
The public is a ferocious beast -- one must either chain it up or flee from it.
charming french-writer secret telling tiresome
The secret of being tiresome is in telling everything.