Quote of the Day

“Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time.”

• Voltaire

François-Marie Arouet (November 21, 1694 - May 30, 1778) was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher, satirist, and historian. Known by his nom de plume M. de Voltaire, he was famous for his wit, in addition to his criticism of Christianity—especially of the Roman Catholic Church—and of slavery.