About Voltaire

French Enlightenment writer and satirist, author of Candide. (1694-1778)

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More from Voltaire

• The best is the enemy of the good.'La Begueule', Contes (1772)
• It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.Le Siecle de Louis XIV (1752)
• Let us cultivate our garden.Candide (1759)
• The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.Sept Discours en Vers sur l'Homme (1738)
• Love truth, but pardon error.Sept Discours en Vers sur l'Homme (1738)
• Man is free at the instant he wants to be.Brutus, Act II (1730)

More quotes on mindset

• Failure is only the opportunity to more intelligently begin again.Henry Ford
• Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is the probable reason why so few engage in it.Henry Ford
• I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.Walt Disney
• There is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction.Oprah Winfrey
• Nourish what makes you feel confident, connected, contented. Opportunity will rise to meet you.Oprah Winfrey
• I believe that if you think small, you'll stay small.Ray Kroc

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