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French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher famous for his wit, his criticism of Christianity

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The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.
– Voltaire

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Atheism is the vice of a few intelligent people.
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We must cultivate our own garden. When man was put in the garden of Eden he was put there so that he should work, which proves that man was not born to rest.
– Voltaire

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Fear follows crime and is its punishment.
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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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Injustice in the end produces independence.
– Voltaire

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What a heavy burden is a name that has become famous too soon.
– Voltaire

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An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.
– Voltaire

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If you wish to converse with me,
define your terms.
– Voltaire

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It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
– Voltaire

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Pleasure is the object, duty and the goal of all rational creatures.
– Voltaire

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Shun idleness. It is a rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals.
– Voltaire

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Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
– Voltaire

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Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
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No problem can stand the assault of sustained thinking.
– Voltaire

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The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
– Voltaire

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Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
– Voltaire

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Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
– Voltaire

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Opinions have caused more ills than the plague or earthquakes on this little globe of ours.
– Voltaire

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What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on…
– Voltaire

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God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.
– Voltaire

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Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
– Voltaire

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Common sense is not so common.
– Voltaire

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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.
– Voltaire

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

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