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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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For seventeen hundred years the Christian sect has done nothing but harm.
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He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend provided, of course, he really is dead.
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The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death.
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This is no time to make new enemies.
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The superfluous is the most necessary.
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Our country is that spot to which our heart is bound.
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He was not the greatest of men but he was the greatest of kings.
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A long dispute means both parties are wrong.
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History is fables agreed upon.
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Everything's fine today, that is our illusion.
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If there were only one religion in England there would be danger of despotism, if there were two, they would cut each other's throats, but there are thirty, and they live in peace and happiness.
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Do well and you will have no need for ancestors.
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It is forbidden to kill therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
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The ancients recommended us to sacrifice to the Graces, but Milton sacrificed to the Devil.
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If there are atheists, who is to be blamed if not the mercenary tyrants of souls who, in revolting us against their swindles, compel some feeble spirits to deny the God whom these monsters dishonour?
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I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it.
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