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Voltaire Quotes

«The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force»
Author: Voltaire (Philosopher, Writer) | About: Liberty | Keywords: independence, maintained
«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»
«Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost»
«Illusion is the first of the pleasures»
Author: Voltaire (Philosopher, Writer) | About: Illusion
«It is today, my dear, that I take a perilous leap.»
Author: Voltaire (Philosopher, Writer) | Keywords: perilous
«Clever tyrants are never punished.»
«We owe respect to the living. To the dead we owe only truth.»
«Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.»
«Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference»
Author: Voltaire (Philosopher, Writer) | About: Equality, Men | Keywords: equal
«You must have the devil in you to succeed in any of the arts»