About Voltaire
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...
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Paradise was made for tender hearts; hell, for loveless hearts.
Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.
Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.
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God is not dead but alive and well and working on a much less ambitious project.
The price one pays for pursuing any profession or calling is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side.