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Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist [more author details]

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To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.: Voltaire
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Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.: Voltaire
You despise books; you whose lives are absorbed in the vanities of ambition, the pursuit of pleasure or indolence; but remember that all the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books.: Voltaire
God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.: Voltaire, (attributed)
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.: Voltaire, (Attributed); originated in "The Friends of Voltaire", 1906, by S. G. Tallentyre (Evelyn Beatrice Hall)
Work saves us from three great evils: boredom, vice and need.: Voltaire, Candide, 1759
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There are some that only employ words for the purpose of disguising their thoughts.: Voltaire, Dialogue, XIV, "Le Chapon et la Poularde" (1766)
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The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.: Voltaire, Discours en vers sur l'homme, 1737
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This agglomeration which was called and which still calls itself the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.: Voltaire, Essai sur l'histoire generale et sur les moeurs et l'espirit des nations, 1756, Chapter 70
Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too.: Voltaire, Essay on Tolerance
The man who leaves money to charity in his will is only giving away what no longer belongs to him.: Voltaire, Letter (1769)
When we hear news we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation.: Voltaire, letter to Le Comte d'Argental, August 28, 1760
Monsieur l'abbé, I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to write.: Voltaire, letter to M. le Riche, February 6, 1770

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