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
alone equality people virtue
All people are equal, it is not birth, it is virtue alone that makes the difference.
people coward honest
One of the chief misfortunes of honest people is that they are cowardly.
people reason lost
Once the people begin to reason, all is lost
destiny law people
Everything happens through immutable laws, ...everything is necessary... There are, some persons say, some events which are necessary and others which are not. It would be very comic that one part of the world was arranged, and the other were not; that one part of what happens had to happen and that another part of what happens did not have to happen. If one looks closely at it, one sees that the doctrine contrary to that of destiny is absurd; but there are many people destined to reason badly; others not to reason at all others to persecute those who reason.
atheist intelligent people
Atheism is the vice of a few intelligent people.
wine people champagne
The effervescence of this fresh wine reveals the true brilliance of the French people.
sweet people cheerful
All succeeds with people who are sweet and cheerful.
truth believe evil-people
As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities.
people luck ignorant
It is ourselves alone that make our days lucky or unlucky. Away, then, with a vain prejudice, the invention of the priesthood, which has been transmitted by our ancestors to an ignorant people.
people reasonable
Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them
witty people attention
A witty saying proves nothing, but saying something pointless gets people's attention.
people atheism candide
What! Have you no monks to teach, to dispute, to govern, to intrigue and to burn people who do not agree with them?
fake-people people fake
Better is the enemy of good.
thinking people nationalism
How I like the boldness of the English, how I like the people who say what they think!