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 Criticisms of the Catholic Church and slavery, Voltaire was...
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When we hear news we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation.
It is not love that should be depicted as blind, but self-love.
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A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking.
The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything.
To buy books would be a good thing if we also could buy the time to read them.
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