Quotes by Voltaire

My prayer to God is a very short one: O Lord, make my enemies look rid >>

History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play upon the dead. >>

Independence in the end is the fruit of injustice. >>

Quotations about Philosophers and Philosophy

The philosopher is Nature's pilot. And there you have our difference: >>

Being a philosopher, I have a problem for every solution. >>

Plato was a bore. >>

When he who hears does not know what he who speaks means, and when he who speaks does not know what he himself means, that is philosophy.

Voltaire