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Voltaire quotes about him

French Writer November 21, 1694 – May 30, 1778

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He was my equal in beauty, a paragon of grace and charm, sparkling with wit, and burning with love. I adored him to distraction, to the point of idolatry: I loved him as one can never love twice. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "I loved him as we always love for the first time; with..."
I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion. Voltaire
Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her; but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cars in order to win the game. Voltaire
Now, now my good man, this is no time to be making enemies."(Voltaire on his deathbed in response to a priest asking him that he renounce Satan.) Voltaire
It requires twenty years for a man to rise from the vegetable state in which he is within his mother's womb, and from the pure animal state which is the lot of his early childhood, to the state when the maturity of reason begins to appear. It has required thirty centuries to learn a little about his structure. It would need eternity to learn something about his soul. It takes an instant to kill him. Voltaire
He wanted to know how they prayed to God in El Dorado. "We do not pray to him at all," said the reverend sage. "We have nothing to ask of him. He has given us all we want, and we give him thanks continually. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "To believe in God is impossible not to believe in Him is absurd."
To believe in God is impossible not to believe in Him is absurd. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "If God has made us in his image, we have returned him the favor."
If God has made us in his image, we have returned him the favor. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "If there were no God, it would have been necessary to invent him."
If there were no God, it would have been necessary to invent him. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "If there were no God, it would be necessary to invent him."
If there were no God, it would be necessary to invent him. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him."
If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "The man who leaves money to charity in his will is only giving..."
The man who leaves money to charity in his will is only giving away what no longer belongs to him Voltaire
What can be more absurd than choosing to carry a burden that one really wants to throw to the ground? To detest, and yet to strive to preserve our existence? To caress the serpent that devours us and hug him close to our bosoms tillhe has gnawed into our hearts? Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "Men hate the individual whom they call avaricious only because..."
Men hate the individual whom they call avaricious only because nothing can be gained from him. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "She blushed and so did he. She greeted him in a faltering..."
She blushed and so did he. She greeted him in a faltering voice, and he spoke to her without knowing what he was saying. Voltaire

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