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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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It is only through timidity that states are lost.
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Wherever my travels may lead, paradise is where I am.
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The more he became truly wise, the more he distrusted everything he knew.
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Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
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I hate women because they always know where things are.
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I was never ruined but twice: once when I lost a lawsuit, and once when I won one.
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Since the whole affair had become one of religion, the vanquished were of course exterminated.
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All the persecutors declare against each other mortal war, while the philosopher, oppressed by them all, contents himself with pitying them.
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The ear is the avenue to the heart.
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Constant happiness is the philosopher's stone of the soul.
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The biggest reward for a thing well done is to have done it.
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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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All the ancient histories, as one of our wits say, are just fables that have been agreed upon
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The mouth obeys poorly when the heart murmurs.
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I know of nothing more laughable than a doctor who does not die of old age.
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You write your name in the snow Yet say nothing.
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Often the prudent, far from making their destinies, succumb to them. -Francois
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Man is free the moment he wants to be.
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Alas...I too have known love, that ruler of hearts, that soul of our soul: it's never brought me anything except one kiss and twenty kicks in the rump. How could such a beautiful cause produce such an abominable effect on you?
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It is the characteristic of the most stringent censorships that they give credibility to the opinions they attack.
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