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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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The policy of man consists, at first, in endeavoring to arrive at a state equal to that of animals, whom nature has furnished with food, clothing, and shelter.
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It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.
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What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
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The man who says to me, Believe as I do, or God will damn you, will presently say, Believe as I do, or I shall assassinate you.
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History never repeats itself. Man always does.
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Philosopher: A lover of wisdom, which is to say, Truth.
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Prejudice is opinion without judgement.
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The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason.
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You see, Mademoiselle, I have experience, I know the world. To pass the time, why don't you ask every passenger to tell you his life's story? And if there is a single one among them who has never cursed his life, who has not often told himself that he was the unhappiest of men, then you may throw me overboard, headfirst!
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God is always on the side of the heaviest battalions.
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He was my equal in beauty, a paragon of grace and charm, sparkling with wit, and burning with love. I adored him to distraction, to the point of idolatry: I loved him as one can never love twice.
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We must cultivate our own garden.
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The worthy administrators of justice are like a cat set to take care of a cheese, lest it should be gnawed by the mice. One bite of the cat does more damage to the cheese than twenty mice can do.
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The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to believe.
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England has forty-two religions and only two sauces.
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In all the disputes which have excited Christians against each other, Rome has invariably decided in favor of that opinion which tended most towards the suppression of the human intellect and the annihilation of the reasoning powers.
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Thought depends absolutely on the stomach, but in spite of that, those who have the best stomachs are not the best thinkers.
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Love has various lodgings the same word does not always signify the same thing.
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The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us
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To caress the serpent that devours us, until it has eaten away our heart.
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