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Voltaire quotes

French Writer November 21, 1694 – May 30, 1778

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It is not known precisely where angels dwell whether in the air, the void, or the planets. It has not been God's pleasure that we should be informed of their abode. Voltaire
So it is the human condition that to wish for the greatness of one's fatherland is to wish evil to one's neighbors. The citizen of the universe would be the man who wishes his country never to be either greater or smaller, richer or poorer. Voltaire
I am ignorant of how I was formed and how I was born. Through a quarter of my lifetime I was absolutely ignorant of the reasons for everything I saw and heard and felt, and was merely a parrot prompted by other parrots... When I sought to advance along that infinite course, I could neither find one single footpath or fully discover one single object, and from the upward leap I made to contemplate eternity I fell back into the abyss of my ignorance. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "The world embarrasses me, and I cannot dream that this watch..."
The world embarrasses me, and I cannot dream that this watch exists and has no watchmaker. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know..."
I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "One day everything will be well, that is our hope...."
One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything's fine today, that is our illusion Voltaire
Do you believe,' said Candide, 'that men have always massacred each other as they do to-day, that they have always been liars, cheats, traitors, ingrates, brigands, idiots, thieves, scoundrels, gluttons, drunkards, misers, envious, ambitious, bloody-minded, calumniators, debauchees, fanatics, hypocrites, and fools?' Do you believe,' said Martin, 'that hawks have always eaten pigeons when they have found them? Voltaire
I have no more than twenty acres of ground," he replied, "the whole of which I cultivate myself with the help of my children; and our labor keeps off from us the three great evils - boredom, vice, and want. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh."
God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to..."
God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very..."
The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself. Voltaire
How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?"
Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others? Voltaire
If you have two religions in your land, the two will cut each other’s throats; but if you have thirty religions, they will dwell in peace Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference..."
God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere. Voltaire

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