Voltaire Quotes
One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything's fine today, that is our illusion.
Voltaire. Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne. Œuvres complètes de Voltaire, Vol. 9, Garnier Frères, 1877, p. 478.
1st Earl of Beaconsfield. He describes this as “the National Motto of England.” Many people associate the phrase with Charles Dicken’s (David Copperfield) character Mr. Micawber, but this was written 22 years after Disraeli.
François-Marie Arouet, known by his nom de plume Voltaire (/vɒlˈtɛər, voʊl-/; also US: /vɔːl-/; French: [vɔltɛːʁ]), was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher famous for his wit, his criticism of Christianity—especially the Roman Catholic Church—as well as his advocacy of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state.