Quotations from
François-Marie Arouet (French: [fʁɑ̃swa maʁi aʁwɛ]; 21 November 1694 – 30 May 1778), known by his pen name Voltaire (, US also ; French: [vɔltɛːʁ]), was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher (philosophe), satirist, and historian. Famous for his wit and his criticism of Christianity (especially of the Catholic Church) and of slavery, Voltaire was an advocate of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state.
If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
History is filled with the sound of silken slippers going downstairs and wooden shoes coming up.
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
I have never believed there was one code of morality for a public and another for a private man.