Voltaire
French writer and philosopher; b. 1694; d. 1778
Aphorisms Attributed to This Aphorist
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tiny.ag/t9jmvbpa · ★★☆☆ Fair (178 ratings) · submitted 1997
A witty saying proves nothing.
tiny.ag/zrxpvvz6 · ★★☆☆ Fair (111 ratings) · submitted 1997
All men are equal; it is not birth, but virtue alone, that makes the difference.
tiny.ag/hcrgr6oa · ★★☆☆ Fair (349 ratings) · submitted 1997
Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung.
tiny.ag/ymq69cki · ★★☆☆ Fair (115 ratings) · submitted 1997
God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.
tiny.ag/k92gvbst · ★★☆☆ Fair (260 ratings) · submitted 1997
I advise you to go on living solely to enrage those who are paying your annuities. It is the only pleasure I have left.
tiny.ag/jjhww8cq · ★★☆☆ Fair (183 ratings) · submitted 1997
I disapprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it.
tiny.ag/5otyux70 · ★★☆☆ Fair (121 ratings) · submitted 1997
I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: "O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous." And God granted it.
tiny.ag/f4xotdy1 · ★★☆☆ Fair (136 ratings) · submitted 1997
I may disagree with what you have to say, but I shall defend, to the death, your right to say it.
tiny.ag/v7xs8s9o · ★★☆☆ Fair (129 ratings) · submitted 1997
It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue.
tiny.ag/lakz6spw · ★★☆☆ Fair (158 ratings) · submitted 1997
Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly.
tiny.ag/wpd94fsg · ★★☆☆ Fair (129 ratings) · submitted 1997
The superfluous is very necessary.
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