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The supposed right of intolerance is absurd and barbaric. It is the right of the tiger nay, it is far worse, for tigers do but tear in order to have food, while we rend each other for paragraphs.
Voltaire
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Voltaire
Age: 84 †
Born: 1694
Born: February 20
Died: 1778
Died: May 30
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