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
inspirational funny life
I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it.
inspirational tragedy has-beens
Most of my life has been one tragedy after another, most of which hasn't happened.
inspirational change determination
Chance is a word void of sense; nothing can exist without a cause.
inspirational life beauty
It is not sufficient to see and to know the beauty of a work. We must feel and be affected by it.
inspirational faith atheist
Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.
inspirational life paradise
Paradise is where I am
inspirational husband wife
The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself.
inspirational accord agree
Je ne suis pas d'accord avec ce que vous dites, mais je d‚fendrai jusqu'... la mort le droit que vous avez de le dire/ I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it
positive funny-inspirational short-life
Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.
inspirational education clever
No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.
inspirational political cynical
It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
inspirational military learning
The best is the enemy of the good.
inspirational life spiritual
Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.
inspirational running positive-thinking
Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.