Voltaire, pseud. de Fran�ois-Marie Arouet
France
21 Nov 1694 // 30 May 1778
Philosopher / Writer / Historian
21 Nov 1694 // 30 May 1778
Philosopher / Writer / Historian
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Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument
Man is free at the moment he wishes to be
Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination
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
Let us read and let us dance - two amusements that will never do any harm to the world
Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers
It is said that the present is pregnant with the future
It is not sufficient to see and to know the beauty of a work. We must feel and be affected by it
It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce
It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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