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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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I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.
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The wicked can have only accomplices, the voluptuous have companions in debauchery, self-seekers have associates, the politic assemble the factions, the typical idler has connections, princes have courtiers. Only the virtuous have friends.
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May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
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I never approved either the errors of his book, or the trivial truths he so vigorously laid down. I have, however, stoutly taken his side when absurd men have condemned him for these same truths.
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You're a bitter man, said Candide. That's because I've lived, said Martin.
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Feeble verses are those which sin not against rules, but against genius.
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A good cook is a certain slow poisoner, if you are not temperate.
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He wanted to know how they prayed to God in El Dorado. We do not pray to him at all, said the reverend sage. We have nothing to ask of him. He has given us all we want, and we give him thanks continually.
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