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Im übrigen sage ich, was ich denke, und schere mich keinen Deut darum, ob die anderen ebenso denken wie ich.
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Schriftsteller, Philosoph, gilt als einer der meistgelesenen und einflussreichsten Autoren der französischen und europäischen Aufklärung, "Das Vorhängeschloß", "Der verlorene Sohn", "Der Herzog von Foix" (Frankreich, 1694 - 1778).
Voltaire · Geburtsdatum · Sterbedatum
Voltaire wäre heute 329 Jahre, 10 Monate, 0 Tage oder 120.469 Tage alt.
Geboren am 21.11.1694 in Paris
Gestorben am 30.05.1778 in Paris
Sternzeichen: ♏ Skorpion
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Weitere 701 Zitate von Voltaire
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I doubt not that in due time, when the arts are brought to perfection, some means will be found to give a sound head to a man who has none at all.
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I keep to old books, for they teach me something; from the new I learn very little.
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I know of nothing more laughable than a doctor who does not die of old age.
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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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If God didn't exist one would have to invent Him.
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If God made us in His image, we have certainly returned the compliment.
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If we do not find anything pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
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Illusion is the first of all pleasures.
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In laughter there is always a kind of joyousness that is incompatible with contempt or indignation.
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In the eyes of the people, the general who wins a battle has made no mistakes.
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In this best of all possible worlds . . . all is for the best.
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In this best of possible worlds . . . all is for the best.
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In this country [England] it is thought well to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others.
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In this country we find it pays to shoot an admiral from time to time to encourage the others.
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Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.
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It is amusing that a virtue is made of the vice of chastity; and it's a pretty odd sort of chastity at that, which leads men straight into the sin of Onan, and girls to the waning of their colour.
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It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one.
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It is not love we should have painted as blind, but self-love.
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It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue.
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It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part, the rest are lost in the multitude.