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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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Poetry is the music of the soul, and, above all, of great and feeling souls.

Poetry Quotes, by Voltaire

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He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend - provided, of course, that he really is dead.

Praise Quotes, by Voltaire

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Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

Prejudice Quotes, by Voltaire

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Prejudice is the reason of fools

Prejudice Quotes, by Voltaire

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Providence has given us hope and sleep as a compensation for the many cares of life

Providence Quotes, by Voltaire

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"I can't" isn't a reason to give up, it's a reason to try harder

Reason Quotes, by Voltaire

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Once the people begin to reason, all is lost

Reason Quotes, by Voltaire

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For seventeen hundred years the Christian sect has done nothing but harm

Religion Quotes, by Voltaire

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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 Quotes, by Voltaire

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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 Quotes, by Voltaire

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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 Quotes, by Voltaire

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Now, now my good man, this is no time for making enemies.

Satan Quotes, by Voltaire

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I know of no great men except those who have rendered great service to the human race.

Social service Quotes, by Voltaire

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I know of no great men except those who have rendered great service to the human race.

Solidarity Quotes, by Voltaire

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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 Quotes, by Voltaire

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The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.

Stupidity Quotes, by Voltaire

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Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy: the mad daughter of a wise mother

Superstition Quotes, by Voltaire

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Tears are the silent language of grief

Tears Quotes, by Voltaire

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I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition

Testing Quotes, by Voltaire

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Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them

Tyranny Quotes, by Voltaire

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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 Quotes, by Voltaire

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I disagree with what you say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it.

Freedom Quotes, by Voltaire

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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 Quotes, by Voltaire

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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 Quotes, by Voltaire

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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.

Questions Quotes, by Voltaire

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