Primo Quotes

Voltaire

François-Marie Arouet (French: [f???.swa ma.?i a?.w?]; 21 November 1694 – 30 May 1778), known by his nom de plume Voltaire (/vo?l?t??r/; French: [v?l.t???]), was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion, freedom of expression, and separation of church and state.

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God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.

Common sense is not so common.

Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.

It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and ...

Tears are the silent language of grief.

The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.

Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?

Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.

Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.

It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one.

We must cultivate our own garden. When man was put in the garden of Eden he was put there so that he ...

To hold a pen is to be at war.

The ear is the avenue to the heart.

The superfluous, a very necessary thing.