Today is the birthday of François-Marie Arouet (November 21, 1694 – May 30, 1778), writer, historian and philosopher. He is best known by the pen name Voltaire."Common sense is not so common."
- Voltaire
"Our character is composed of our ideas and our feelings: and, since it has been proved that we give ourselves neither feelings nor ideas, our character does not depend on us. If it did depend on us, there is nobody who would not be perfect. If one does not reflect, one thinks oneself master of everything; but when one does reflect, one realizes that one is master of nothing"
- Voltaire
"What we find in books is like the fire in our hearths. We fetch it from our neighbor's, we kindle it at home, we communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all."
- Voltaire
"It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong."
- Voltaire
"The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood."
- Voltaire
"Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers."
- Voltaire
"There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times."
- Voltaire
"Chance is a word void of sense; nothing can exist without a cause."
- Voltaire
"Man is free at the instant he wants to be."
- Voltaire
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