“To the wicked, everything serves as pretext.”
Author detail
François-Marie Arouet, better known by the pen name Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer and philosopher famous for his wit and for his advocacy of civil liberties, including freedom of religion and free trade. Voltaire was a prolific writer and produced works in almost every literary form including plays, poetry, novels, essays, historical and scientific works, more than 20,000 letters and more than 2,000 books and pamphlets. He was an outspoken supporter of social reform, despite strict censorship laws and harsh penalties for those who broke them. As a satirical polemicist, he frequently made use of his works to criticize intolerance, religious dogma and the French institutions of his day. Voltaire was one of several Enlightenment figures (along with Montesquieu, John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau) whose works and ideas influenced important thinkers of both the American and French Revolutions. ([Source][1]) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltaire
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“To the wicked, everything serves as pretext.”
“Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too.”
“A witty saying proves nothing.”
“He who is not just is severe, he who is not wise is sad.”
“All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women.”
“To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.”
“All styles are good except the tiresome kind.”
“The superfluous, a very necessary thing.”
“Let us work without theorizing, tis the only way to make life endurable.”
“The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason.”
“Chance is a word void of sense; nothing can exist without a cause.”
“Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.”