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Voltaire
Age: 84 †
Born: 1694
Born: February 20
Died: 1778
Died: May 30
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François-Marie Arouet
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Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills.
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I have no more than twenty acres of ground, he replied, the whole of which I cultivate myself with the help of my children and our labor keeps off from us the three great evils - boredom, vice, and want.
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I swear that, not being able to be yours, I will belong to no one.
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Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.
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The public is a ferocious beast one must either chain it or flee from it.
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The Jews have always been waiting for a Messiah, but their Messiah is for them only, not for us, a Messiah ho will give them mastery over the Christians.
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Nothing could be smarter, more splendid, more brilliant, better drawn up than two armies. Trumpets, fifes, hautboys, drums, cannons, formed a harmony such as never been heard in hell.
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Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.
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He wanted to know how they prayed to God in El Dorado. We do not pray to him at all, said the reverend sage. We have nothing to ask of him. He has given us all we want, and we give him thanks continually.
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Hope should no more be a virtue than fear we fear and we hope, according to what is promised or threatened us.
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Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare.
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The monster, fanaticism, still exists, and whoever seeks after truth will run the risk of being persecuted.
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When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the morning light, for your life and strength. Give thanks for your food, and the joy of living. Tecumseh Appreciation is a wonderful thing it makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
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A good action is preferable to an argument.
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Errors flies from mouth to mouth, from pen to pen, and to destroy it takes ages.
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It is not known precisely where angels dwell whether in the air, the void, or the planets. It has not been God's pleasure that we should be informed of their abode.
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Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes.
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A physician is an unfortunate gentleman who is every day required to perform a miracle namely to reconcile health with intemperance.
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They are mad men (Jews), but you should not burn them for that.
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If God did not exist, He would have to be invented. But all nature cries aloud that he does exist: that there is a supreme intelligence, an immense power, an admirable order, and everything teaches us our own dependence on it.
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