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
positive-thinking world pandoras-box
All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds.
society world ancient
Society therefore is an ancient as the world.
two three world
I am the best-natured creature in the world, and yet I have already killed three, and of these three two were priests.
doubt world littles
We are going to a new world... and no doubt it is there that everything is for the best; for it must be admitted that one might lament a little over the physical and moral happenings of our own world.
thinking world
Those who think are excessively few; and those few do not set themselves to disturb the world.
birthday son world
The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on which depends the rest of our days.
world study crime
History is the study of the world's crime
optimistic world candide
If this is the best of possible worlds, what then are the others?
world harsh disillusionment
You are very harsh.' 'I have seen the world.
evil world stride
Let us confess it: evil strides the world.
queens world usurpers
Opinion is called the queen of the world; it is so, for when reason opposes it, it is condemned to death. It must rise twenty times from its ashes to gradually drive away the usurper.
philosophy flames world
Superstition sets the whole world in flames, but philosophy douses them.
dream world watches
The world embarrasses me, and I cannot dream that this watch exists and has no watchmaker.
criminals hanged man punishment serve
The punishment of criminals should serve a purpose. When a man is hanged he is useless.