About Voltaire
François-Marie Arouet (French: [fʁɑ̃swa maʁi aʁwɛ]; 21 November 1694 – 30 May 1778), known by his pen name Voltaire (, US also ; French: [vɔltɛːʁ]), was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher (philosophe), satirist, and historian. Famous for his wit and his criticism of Christianity (especially of the Catholic Church) and...
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It is lamentable that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind.
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The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly, terribly deceived.
A great deal of the chaos in the world occurs because people don't appreciate themselves.
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