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Voltaire
“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.”
Voltaire

Voltaire
“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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Voltaire
“Now, now my good man, this is no time to be making enemies."
(Voltaire on his deathbed in response to a priest asking him that he renounce Satan.)”
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Voltaire
“I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.”
Voltaire

Voltaire
“‎Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.”
Voltaire

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