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Voltaire
Age: 84 †
Born: 1694
Born: February 20
Died: 1778
Died: May 30
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François-Marie Arouet
Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire
Francois Marie Arouet
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The darkness is at its deepest. Just before the sunrise.
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The mirror is a worthless invention. The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else's eyes.
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The Bible. That is what fools have written, what imbeciles commend, what rogues teach and young children are made to learn by heart.
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All the arts are brothers each one is a light to the others.
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Even in those cities which seem to enjoy the blessings of peace, and where the arts florish, the inhabitants are devoured by envy, cares and anxieties, which are greater plagues than any expirienced in a town when it is under siege.
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But for what purpose was the earth formed? asked Candide. To drive us mad, replied Martin.
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It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
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To caress the serpent that devours us, until it has eaten away our heart.
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We should be considerate to the living to the dead we owe only the truth.
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What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous.
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He who can lead you to believe an absurdity can lead you to commit an atrocity.
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The most amazing and effective inventions are not those which do most honour to the human genius.
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If this is the best of possible worlds, what then are the others?
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He who cannot shine by thought, seeks to bring himself into notice by a witticism.
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You despise books you whose lives are absorbed in the vanities of ambition, the pursuit of pleasure or indolence but remember that all the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books.
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The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to believe.
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A witty saying proves nothing, but saying something pointless gets people's attention.
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There is a pleasure in not being pleased.
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The famous physician Dumoulin said when dying, 'I leave two great physicians behind me, simple food and pure water.'
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