Who is Voltaire
François-Marie Arouet (French: [fʁɑ̃swa maʁi aʁwɛ]; 21 November 1694 – 30 May 1778) was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher. Known by his nom de plume Voltaire (; also US: ; French: [vɔltɛːʁ]), he was famous for his wit, and his criticism of Christianity—especially the Roman Catholic Church—and of slavery. Voltaire was an advocate of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state.Voltaire was a versatile and prolific writer, producing works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays, histories, and scientific expositions. He wrote more than 20,000 letters and 2,000 books and pamphlets. Voltaire was one of the first authors to become renowned and commercially successful internationally. H...
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Voltaire Poems
- The Origin Of Trades
When with a skilful hand Prometheus made
A statue that the human form displayed,
Pandora, his own work, to wed he chose,
And from those two the human race arose. ... - In Camp Before Philippsburg
Without a bed we now sleep sound
And take our meals upon the ground;
And though the blazing atmosphere
Must dreadful to the eye appear, ... - From Love To Friendship
If you would have me love once more,
The blissful age of love restore;
From wine's free joys, and lovers' cares,
Relentless time, who no man spares, ... - To Her Royal Highness, The Princess Of ***
Abeauteous princess often may
Languish in pleasure's season gay;
The empty forms of haughty state
Oft make life tedious to the great.... - Thelema And Macareus
Thelema's lively, all admire
Her charms, but she's too full of fire;
Impatience ever racks her breast,
Her heart a stranger is to rest....
Top 10 most used topics by Voltaire
Heart 6 Life 6 I Love You 5 Love 5 Alone 4 Time 4 Away 4 Place 4 Great 4 Soul 3Voltaire Quotes
- I may disagree with what you have to say, but I shall defend to the death your right to say it.
- God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.
- If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him.
- He is a hard man who is only just and a sad one who is only wise.
- Anything too stupid to be said is sung.
Comments about Voltaire
Melvintolle: “history never repeats itself; man always does.” voltaire’sStengel: "those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." —voltaire
Raymondbrown__: it is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong. - voltaire
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Jells6985: "every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time.” ~ voltaire
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