Quotes by Voltaire

Voltaire

French writer and philosopher (ps. of François Marie Arouet)

Alive from: 1694-1778

Category: Philosophers | Writers (Contemporary)

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  Judge a person by their questions, rather than their answers.

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  I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

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  The world embarrasses me, and I cannot dream that this watch exists and has no watchmaker.

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  A long dispute means that both parties are wrong

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  A witty saying proves nothing.

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  All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God.

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  Anyone who seeks to destroy the passions instead of controlling them is trying to play the angel.

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  How I like the boldness of the English, how I like the people who say what they think!

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  I advise you to go on living solely to enrage those who are paying your annuities. It is the only pleasure I have left.

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  If there were only one religion in England there would be danger of despotism, if there were two, they would cut each other's throats, but there are thirty, and they live in peace and happiness.

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  In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other.

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  In my life, I have prayed but one prayer: oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.

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  It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.

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  It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.

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  Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly.