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)
• Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is an absurd one.Letter to Frederick William, Prince of Prussia (1770)
• 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 courage

• I had crossed the line of which I had so long been dreaming. I was free; but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom.Harriet Tubman
• The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.Rosa Parks
• I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.Rosa Parks
• I did not get on the bus to get arrested. I got on the bus to go home.Rosa Parks
• Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble.John Lewis
• We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.John Lewis

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