Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.

About Voltaire

Portrait of 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...

More quotations from Voltaire

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.

certainty doubt absurdity

The key is to commit crimes so confusing that police feel too stupid to even write a crime report about them.

…the safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death.

The secret of being boring is to say everything.

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.

More quotations tagged with “equality”

We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

—US Declaration of Independence

As men, we are all equal in the presence of death.

—Publilius Syrus

It is not true that equality is a law of nature. Nature has no equality. Its sovereign law is subordination and dependence.

—Marquis de Vauvenargues

Equality… is the result of human organization. We are not born equal.

—Hannah Arendt

All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.

—George Orwell

History

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