François-Marie Arouet, known by his nom de plume Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher.
Voltaire Philosophy
Common sense is not so common. Voltaire
Common sense is not so common.
To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered. Voltaire
To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.
I know of no great man except those who have rendered great services to the human race. Voltaire
I know of no great man except those who have rendered great services to the human race.
He looked on everything as imitation. The most original writers, he said, borrowed one from another. Boyardo has imitated Pulci, and Ariofio Boyardo. Voltaire
He looked on everything as imitation. The most original writers, he said, borrowed one from another. Boyardo has imitated Pulci, and Ariofio Boyardo.
Do you think, that mankind always massacred one another as they do now? Were they always guilty of lies, fraud, treachery, ingratitude, inconstancy, envy, ambition, and cruelty? Voltaire
Do you think, that mankind always massacred one another as they do now? Were they always guilty of lies, fraud, treachery, ingratitude, inconstancy, envy, ambition, and cruelty?
t is with books as with the fire in our hearths; we go to a neighbor to get the embers and light it when we return home, pass it on to others, and it belongs to everyone. Voltaire
t is with books as with the fire in our hearths; we go to a neighbor to get the embers and light it when we return home, pass it on to others, and it belongs to everyone.
Love truth, and pardon error. Voltaire
Love truth, and pardon error.
Gоd gаvе uѕ thе gift оf life; it iѕ uр tо uѕ tо give ourselves the gift оf living well. Voltaire
Gоd gаvе uѕ thе gift оf life; it iѕ uр tо uѕ tо give ourselves the gift оf living well.
Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well Voltaire
Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well
There is a wide difference between speaking to deceive, and being silent to be impenetrable. Voltaire
There is a wide difference between speaking to deceive, and being silent to be impenetrable.
It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere. Voltaire
It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.
