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
giving sage want
He wanted to know how they prayed to God in El Dorado. "We do not pray to him at all," said the reverend sage. "We have nothing to ask of him. He has given us all we want, and we give him thanks continually.
life writing giving
Monsieur l'abbé, I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to write.
failure giving individual
Individual misfortunes give rise to the general good; so that the more individual misfortunes exist, the more all is fine.
christian religious giving
The Jews have always been waiting for a Messiah, but their Messiah is for them only, not for us, a Messiah ho will give them mastery over the Christians.
queens giving faces
Give me a few minutes to talk away my face and I can seduce the Queen of France.
giving pleasure kill-me
Come! you presence will either give me life or kill me with pleasure.
men sea giving
And ask each passenger to tell his story, and if there is one of them all who has not cursed his existence many times, and said to himself over and over again that he was the most miserable of men, I give you permission to throw me head-first into the sea.
love-is self giving
This self-love is the instrument of our preservation; it resembles the provision for the perpetuity of mankind: it is necessary, it is dear to us, it gives us pleasure, and we must conceal it.
government giving opinion
It is the characteristic of the most stringent censorships that they give credibility to the opinions they attack.
motivational giving answers
It is not the answers you give, but the questions you ask.
giving letters woe
Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning! It is indeed by so doing that we can say the letter kills and the spirit gives life.
inspirational men giving
The man who leaves money to charity in his will is only giving away what no longer belongs to him
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.