Voltaire quotes, with sources
French Enlightenment writer and philosopher famed for his wit and advocacy of civil liberties. Here are 3 short quotes by Voltaire (1694 – 1778), each with the work it comes from, drawn from 2 sources.
We must cultivate our garden.
Let us mutually pardon each other our follies.
Our labour preserves us from three great evils—weariness, vice, and want.
Sources
- A Philosophical Dictionary, Toleration, Section I
- Candide, Chapter XXX
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