Voltaire
The Ironist
Let us cultivate our garden. François-Marie laughed at the powerful. His irony was a weapon. Against injustice. Against stupidity.
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Life and journey
François-Marie defied Absolutism with trembling irony.
Their thought
Spirit of the Enlightenment. 'Crush the infamy' against fanaticism.
What they leave us
symbol of the committed intellectual. clarity as politeness.
Major works
Candide (1759).
Treatise on Tolerance (1763).
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11 quotes
“J'ai décidé d'être heureux parce que c'est bon pour la santé.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“I've decided to be happy because it's good for health.”
— Inconnu
“Il faut cultiver notre jardin.”
Original quote in French
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“We must cultivate our garden.”
— Candide
“Le doute est un état mental désagréable, mais la certitude est ridicule.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“Doubt is an unpleasant state of mind, but certainty is ridiculous.”
— Lettres
“Le paradis terrestre est où je suis.”
Original quote in French
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“Paradise on earth is where I am.”
— Le Mondain
“L'art de la citation est l'art de ceux qui ne savent pas réfléchir par eux-mêmes.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“The art of quotation is the art of those who cannot think for themselves.”
— Attribué
“Le doute est un état mental désagréable.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“Doubt is an unpleasant mental state.”
— Inconnu
“L'art de la citation est l'art de l'ironie.”
Original quote in French
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“The art of quotation is the art of irony.”
— Inconnu
“Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien.”
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“The best is the enemy of the good.”
— Inconnu
“L'idiot de service est celui qui ne change jamais d'avis.”
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“The useful idiot is the one who never changes his mind.”
— Inconnu
“La tolérance n'a jamais excité de guerre civile ; l'intolérance en a couvert la terre de carnage.”
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Suggested translation
“Tolerance has never instigated a civil war; intolerance has covered the earth with slaughter.”
— Inconnu
“Le fanatisme est un monstre qui ose se dire le fils de la religion.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“Fanaticism is a monster that dares to call itself the son of religion.”
— Inconnu
