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Voltaire

Read through the most famous quotes from Voltaire




Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.


— Voltaire


#doubt

The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.


— Voltaire


#inspirational

The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to believe.


— Voltaire


#brain

It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.


— Voltaire


#guilt #innocence #judgment #justice #mercy

Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.


— Voltaire


#appreciation

Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.


— Voltaire


#disregard #ignorance #innovation #persecution #reformers

The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor.


— Voltaire


#comfort

Optimism," said Cacambo, "What is that?" "Alas!" replied Candide, "It is the obstinacy of maintaining that everything is best when it is worst.


— Voltaire


#optimism

It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.


— Voltaire


#men

We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.


— Voltaire


#expectation #live #living #never






About Voltaire






Did you know about Voltaire?

He broke from the tradition of narrating diplomatic and military events and emphasized customs social history and achievements in the arts and sciences. Fearing an indefinite prison sentence Voltaire suggested that he be exiled to England as an alternative punishment which the French authorities accepted. Nevertheless he continued to write producing essays and historical studies.

[clarification needed] As a satirical polemicist he frequently made use of his works to criticize intolerance religious dogma and the French institutions of his day. Voltaire was a versatile writer producing works in almost every literary form including plays poems novels essays and historical and scientific works. swa ma.

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