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Total quotes: 7

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Voltaire

Birthname

Death: May 30, 1778

Educated At: Lycée Louis-le-Grand

Lifestyle: Vegetarian

Nationality: France

Occupations: Essayist, Poet Lawyer, Autobiographer, Science Fiction Writer, Diarist

Total quotes: 7

“Four thousand volumes of metaphysics will not teach us what the soul is.”

— Voltaire, Delphi Collected Works of Voltaire(Illustrated)

Tagged: Science, physics, Philosophy

“To hold a pen is to be at war.”

— Voltaire, In Search Of The Lost Testament of Alexander the Great

Tagged: pen, Words, Opinions, Thoughts, war through words, expression, Freedom of Expression

“Let us work without argue, it is the only way to make life endurable.”

— Candide, Candide

Tagged: Life

“Poetry is the music of the soul, and, above all, of great and feeling souls.”

— Voltaire, VOLTAIRE- Premium Collection

Tagged: Poetry, Music, Soul, Feeling

“You're a bitter man," said Candide.
That's because I've lived," said Martin.”

— Voltaire, Candide

Tagged: Banned Books

“Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.”

— Voltaire, Candide

Tagged: Fools, Belief, taste, Reading, Fame

“I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life. This ridiculous weakness is perhaps one of our more stupid propensities, for is there anything more stupid than to be eager to go on carrying a burden which one would gladly throw away, to loathe one’s very being and yet to hold it fast, to fondle the snake that devours us until it has eaten our hearts away?”

— Voltaire, Candide

Tagged: Depression, Life, Tired, perseverance

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