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In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another.

~Voltaire

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The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all.

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He who has not the spirit of this age, has all the misery of it.

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Nature has always had more force than education.

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One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose.

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Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.

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Men hate the individual whom they call avaricious only because nothing can be gained from him.

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The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it.

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God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best.

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I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition.

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Writer

Born: November 21st, 1694

Died: May 30th, 1778

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