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I advise you to go on living solely to enrage those who are paying your annuities. It is the only pleasure I have left.
Voltaire
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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
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