114 Famous Quotes by Voltaire
11/21/1694 - 5/30/1778
Also Known As:
Francois-Marie Arouet
Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire
Francois Voltaire
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About 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. Voltaire was a versatile writer, producing works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays, and historical and scientific works. He wrote more than 20,000 letters and more than 2,000 books and pamphlets. He was an outspoken advocate, despite strict censorship laws with harsh penalties for those who broke them. As a satirical polemicist, he frequently made use of his works to criticize intolerance, religious dogma, and the French institutions of his day.
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He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend - provided, of course, that he really is dead.
Praise
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Of all religions, Christianity is without a doubt the one that should inspire tolerance most, although, up to now, the Christians have been the most intolerant of all men
Religion
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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.
Retirement
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We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongues, at our peril, risk and hazard.
Rights
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It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge
Spirit
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I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition
Testing
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Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them
Tyranny
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Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults of those beloved. He has wings, he comes quickly and flies away the same.
Romance
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Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults of those beloved. He has wings, he comes quickly and flies away the same.
Love
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What is tolerance? -- it is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly -- that is the first law of nature.
Nature
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