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I have no more than twenty acres of ground, he replied, the whole of which I cultivate myself with the help of my children and our labor keeps off from us the three great evils - boredom, vice, and want.
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Voltaire
Age: 84 †
Born: 1694
Born: February 20
Died: 1778
Died: May 30
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François-Marie Arouet
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Francois Marie Arouet
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