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 Criticisms of the Catholic Church and slavery, Voltaire was...
More quotations from Voltaire
It is not sufficient to see and to know the beauty of a work. We must feel and be affected by it.
Paradise was made for tender hearts; hell, for loveless hearts.
Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.
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