Saturday, January 12, 2008

Voltaire (Quotes)

VoltaireFrench author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 - 1778)

1.I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it.

2.To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.

3.All sects are different, because they come from men; morality is everywhere the same, because it comes from God.

4.Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do.

5.It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong

6.Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference

7.Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly

8.I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

9.God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere
Content courtesy : Sandy

2 comments:

Koushik aarveeve said...

hey...nice quotes da...gr8...

Ravikumar said...

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