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
atheist evil able
The atheists are for the most part imprudent and misguided scholars who reason badly who, not being able to understand the Creation, the origin of evil, and other difficulties, have recourse to the hypothesis the eternity of things and of inevitability.
greatness evil boredom
Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need.
men sick evil
Man is not born wicked; he becomes so, as he becomes sick.
truth believe evil-people
As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities.
work evil three
Our labour preserves us from three great evils -- weariness, vice, and want.
evil world stride
Let us confess it: evil strides the world.
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."
evil littles obtaining
A little evil is often necessary for obtaining a great good.
animal two evil
There are two things for which animals are to be envied: they know nothing of future evils, or of what people say about them.
evil infidelity adultery
Adultery is an evil only inasmuch as it is a theft; but we do not steal that which is given to us.
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.
america brazil canada decisions economic final reporting security states united
The United States has subcontracted Brazil for security and Canada for economic development. But they're all reporting to Washington. The final decisions are made there,