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Martin in particular concluded that man was born to live either in the convulsions of misery, or in the lethargy of boredom.
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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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