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Voltaire Quotes

«The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death.»
Author: Voltaire (Philosopher, Writer) | Keywords: No Fear, safest
«Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives; very few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of their times»
«If there were only one religion in England there would be danger of despotism, if there were two, they would cut each other's throats, but there are thirty, and they live in peace and happiness.»
Author: Voltaire (Philosopher, Writer) | Keywords: despotism
«It is not sufficient to see and to know the beauty of a work. We must feel and be affected by it.»
«England has forty-two religions and only two sauces»
Author: Voltaire (Philosopher, Writer) | Keywords: forty-two, sauces
«Every sensible man, every honorable man, must hold the Christian sect in horror»
«The superfluous is very necessary»
«The man who ventures to write contemporary history must expect to be attacked both for everything he has said and everything he has not said»
«The mouth obeys poorly when the heart murmurs.»
Author: Voltaire (Philosopher, Writer) | Keywords: murmurs, obeys, poorly
«The best way to become boring is to say everything.»
Author: Voltaire (Philosopher, Writer) | Keywords: boring