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The public is a ferocious beast; one must either chain it or flee from it.

~Voltaire

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I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it.

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Better is the enemy of good.

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Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the most tolerance, but until now Christians have been the most intolerant of all men.

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Use, do not abuse... neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.

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My life is a struggle.

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The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.

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It is said that the present is pregnant with the future.

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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.

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Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother. These daughters have too long dominated the earth.

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Writer

Born: November 21st, 1694

Died: May 30th, 1778

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