Voltaire

François-Marie Arouet (21 November 1694 – 30 May 1778) was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher and historian. Voltaire was an advocate of freedom of speech, freedom of religion and separation of church and state.Wikipedia

Quotes by Voltaire

Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.

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Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.

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‎Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.

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Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.

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It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.

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God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.

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