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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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Mortals are equal their mask differs.
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Feeble verses are those which sin not against rules, but against genius.
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Friends should be preferred to kings.
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Poetry is the music of the soul, and, above all, of great and feeling souls.
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Your destiny is that of a man, your vows those of a god.
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Dogs, monkeys, and parrots are a thousand times less miserable than we are.
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When he to whom one speaks does not understand, and he who speaks himself does not understand, that is Metaphysics.
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