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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 way to be a bore is to say everything.
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What can you say to a man who tells you he prefers obeying God rather than men, and that as a result he's certain he'll go to heaven if he cuts your throat?
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The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.
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By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.
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Secret griefs are more cruel than public calamities.
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All pleasantry should be short and it might even be as well were the serious short also.
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I read these words which are the sum of all moral philosophy, and which cut short all the disputes of the casuists: When in doubt if an action is good or bad, refrain.
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