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
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It is not a mistress I have lost but half of myself, a soul for which my soul seems to have been made.
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Constant happiness is the philosopher's stone of the soul.
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If there are atheists, who is to be blamed if not the mercenary tyrants of souls who, in revolting us against their swindles, compel some feeble spirits to deny the God whom these monsters dishonour?
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It is love; love, the comfort of the human species, the preserver of the universe, the soul of all sentient beings, love, tender love.
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Four thousand volumes of metaphysics will not teach us what the soul is.
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Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
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my soul is the mirror of the universe, and my body is its frame
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Sensual pleasure passes and vanishes, but the friendship between us, the mutual confidence, the delight of the heart, the enchantment of the soul, these things do not perish and can never be destroyed.
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Poetry is the music of the soul, and, above all, of great and feeling souls.
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The punishment of criminals should serve a purpose. When a man is hanged he is useless.
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The public is a ferocious beast -- one must either chain it up or flee from it.
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The secret of being tiresome is in telling everything.
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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,