Quotes: Voltaire, Francois Marie Arouet de

Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value--zero.

Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire
http://www.strike-the-root.com/71/allport/allport10.html

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All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God

(Added by Albert Massachi on 2/05, 7:09pm)

Men will not be free until the last King is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.

(Added by George W. Cordero on 8/09, 2:29pm)

She was a great man whose only fault was in being a woman.

Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire
Commenting on scientist Emilie du Chatelet

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Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.

(Added by George W. Cordero on 11/12/2004, 2:40pm)

Appreciation is a wonderful thing: it makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.

Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire
http://www.arches.uga.edu/~jpetrie/Voltaire.html

(Added by Matthew Graybosch on 3/15/2004, 6:32am)

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it.

Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire
http://www.quotationspage.com

(Added by Matthew Graybosch on 3/15/2004, 6:29am)

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

(Added by G. Stolyarov II on 3/11/2004, 12:07pm)