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If mankind were born tomorrow it would divide into groups each would scramble to invent their one and only god, and set about butchering each-other.
Voltaire
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Voltaire
Age: 84 †
Born: 1694
Born: February 20
Died: 1778
Died: May 30
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Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire
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