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Lieber Gefahr laufen, einen Schuldigen freizusprechen, als einen Unschuldigen verurteilen.
Informationen über Voltaire
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
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Weitere 701 Zitate von Voltaire
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The only way to compel men to speak good of us is to do it.
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The rest of your life depends on the very first step you take.
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The right of commanding is no longer an advantage transmitted by nature; like an inheritance, it is the fruit of labors, the price of courage.
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The secret of being a bore . . . is to tell everything.
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The secret of being tiresome is in telling everything.
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The sentiment of justice is so natural, so universally acquired by all mankind, that it seem to be independent of all law, all party, all religion.
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The superfluous, a very necessary thing.
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The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force.
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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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There ought to be moments of tranquillity in great works, as in life after the experience of passions, but not moments of disgust.
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They squeeze the orange and throw away the peel.
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They who say all men are equal speak an undoubted truth, if they mean that all have an equal right to liberty, to their property, and to their protection of the laws. But they are mistaken if they think men are equal in their station and employments, since they are not so by their talents.
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This agglomeration which was called and which still calls itself the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.
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This is no time for making new enemies.
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To believe in God is impossible not to believe in Him is absurd.
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Toleration has never been the cause of civil war; while, on the contrary, persecution has covered the earth with blood and carnage.
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Use, do not abuse; nether abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.
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Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool.
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Virtue is everywhere the same, because it comes from God, while everything else is of men.
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Virtue, study, and gaiety are three sisters who should not be separated.