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Voltaire

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If there were no God, it would be necessary to invent him.


— Voltaire


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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.


— Voltaire


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I hate women because they always know where things are.


— Voltaire


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Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.


— Voltaire


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The ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.


— Voltaire


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The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.


— Voltaire


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The mouth obeys poorly when the heart murmurs.


— Voltaire


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Very learned women are to be found, in the same manner as female warriors; but they are seldom or ever inventors.


— Voltaire


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What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy.


— Voltaire


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I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom.


— Voltaire


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About Voltaire






Did you know about Voltaire?

He broke from the tradition of narrating diplomatic and military events and emphasized customs social history and achievements in the arts and sciences. Fearing an indefinite prison sentence Voltaire suggested that he be exiled to England as an alternative punishment which the French authorities accepted. Nevertheless he continued to write producing essays and historical studies.

[clarification needed] As a satirical polemicist he frequently made use of his works to criticize intolerance religious dogma and the French institutions of his day. Voltaire was a versatile writer producing works in almost every literary form including plays poems novels essays and historical and scientific works. swa ma.

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