15 Phrases of Voltaire, French Enlightenment writer, essayist and philosopher

François-Marie Arouet, better known as Voltaire, he was a French writer, philosopher, essayist, poet, playwright and historian. He became known as one of the most important names in the Enlightenment French.

Known for his wit and wit in defending civil liberties, his ideas have had a strong influence on both the French Revolution as in Americana. Voltaire was an ardent critic of Absolutism, the nobility and the Catholic church.

For his acidic and critical words, he was arrested twice and to escape a third prison, he took refuge in England. His greatest influences were the scientist Isaac Newton and the philosopher john locke.

Meet some Voltaire quotes and understand why he bothers a lot of people.

Voltaire quotes

I don't agree with a word you say, but I will defend to the last moment your right to say it.

It's hard to free fools from the weapons they worship.

False science creates atheists, true science makes man prostrate himself before divinity.

A prolonged argument means that both parties are wrong.

The history of the world's great events is nothing more than the history of its crimes.

The country where trade is freest will always be the richest and most prosperous, keeping the proportions.

If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.

Lying is a vice when it causes harm; and he is a great virtue when he causes good.

The first law of nature is tolerance - as we all have a lot of mistakes and weaknesses.

There are those who shine in the second row and are eclipsed in the first.

The first to compare a woman to a flower was a poet; the second, an imbecile.

When it comes to money we are all of the same religion.

I loudly proclaim freedom of thought and let anyone who does not think like me die.

If man was born free, he must govern himself; if he has tyrants, he must dethrone them.

The pride of little ones consists in always talking about themselves; that of the great, in never talking about themselves.

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