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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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This self-love is the instrument of our preservation it resembles the provision for the perpetuity of mankind: it is necessary, it is dear to us, it gives us pleasure, and we must conceal it.
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Quand celui à qui l'on parle ne comprend pas et celui qui parle ne se comprend pas, c'est de la métaphysique When he to whom a person speaks does not understand, and he who speaks does not understand himself, that is metaphysics.
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Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.
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The secret of being a bore... is to tell everything.
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A torch lighted in the forests of America set all Europe in conflagration.
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The best is the enemy of the good.
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Verses which do not teach men new and moving truths do not deserve to be read.
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A witty quote proves nothing.
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What a pessimist you are! exclaimed Candide. That is because I know what life is, said Martin.
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Slavery is also as ancient as war, and war as human nature.
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Inspiration: A peculiar effect of divine flatulence emitted by the Holy Spirit which hisses into the ears of a few chosen of God.
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In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another.
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The system of Descartes... seemed to give a plausible reason for all those phenomena and this reason seemed more just, as it is simple and intelligible to all capacities. But in philosophy, a student ought to doubt of the things he fancies he understands too easily, as much as of those he does not understand.
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What is not in nature can never be true.
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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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