The quotations of

Voltaire

French writer, historian and philosopher

1694–1778

33 quotes, most often on Religion, History and God.

I am convinced that everything has come down to us from the banks of the Ganges, — astronomy, astrology, metempsychosis, etc.
Lettres sur l’origine des sciences et sur celle des peuples de l’Asie adressés à M. de Voltaire par M. Bailly et précédées de quelques lettres de M. de Voltaire a l’auteur (Paris, 1777), quoted in E. F. Bryant, The Quest for the Origins of Vedic …
- History
Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.
L’Ingénu, ch.10 (1767)
- History
This body which called itself and which still calls itself the Holy Roman Empire was in no way holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.
Essai sur l’histoire générale et sur les mœurs et l’esprit des nations, Chapter 70 (1756)
- History

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