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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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Pleasure has its time so too, has wisdom. Make love in thy youth, and in old age attend to thy salvation.
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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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I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be resigned and tell myself that flies are born to be eaten by spiders and man to be devoured by sorrow.
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If this is the best of possible worlds, what then are the others?
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My life's dream has been a perpetual nightmare.
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All styles are good except the tiresome kind.
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The superfluous is the most necessary.
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The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay all it possibly can pay for the benefit of the other third.
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The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all.
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The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on which depends the rest of our days.
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History never repeats itself. Man always does.
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Ice-cream is exquisite - what a pity it isn't illegal.
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Originality is nothing but judicious plagiarism.
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To caress the serpent that devours us, until it has eaten away our heart.
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Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare.
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The biggest reward for a thing well done is to have done it.
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The Bible. That is what fools have written, what imbeciles commend, what rogues teach and young children are made to learn by heart.
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Opinion is called the queen of the world it is so, for when reason opposes it, it is condemned to death. It must rise twenty times from its ashes to gradually drive away the usurper.
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What is toleration? It is the prerogative of humanity. We are all steeped in weaknesses and errors: Let us forgive one another's follies, it is the first law of nature.
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The only way to see the value of a play is to see it acted.
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