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Voltaire

Voltaire was the leading figure of the French Enlightenment, a master of satire, and a fierce advocate for freedom of speech and religious tolerance against absolutism.

Frases de Voltaire

  • “It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.”
    Crítica Social
  • “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.”
    Reflexão Ética
  • “The secret to being a bore is to say everything.”
    Reflexão Filosófica
  • “Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.”
    Ceticismo
  • “We must cultivate our garden.”
    Filosofia de Vida
  • “Reading expands the soul, and an enlightened friend consoles it.”
    Humanismo
  • “Prejudice is an opinion without judgment.”
    Crítica Social
  • “All perfection is a defect.”
    Aforismo Literário
  • “Only he who wants nothing is poor.”
    Reflexão
  • “God created man in His own image, and man has returned the favor.”
    Sátira Religiosa
  • “It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.”
    Ética Jurídica
  • “Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.”
    Poético
  • “Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy.”
    Filosófico
  • “Chance is a word void of sense; nothing can exist without a cause.”
    Racionalismo
  • “History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes.”
    Crítica Histórica
  • “If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.”
    Religião e Ordem
  • “Let us work without reasoning; it is the only way to make life endurable.”
    Pragmático
  • “Superstition sets the whole world in flames; philosophy quenches them.”
    Crítica à Religião
  • “Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.”
    Igualdade Social
  • “It is one of the greatest misfortunes of honest men that they are often cowardly.”
    Crítica Social

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