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French Writer November 21, 1694 – May 30, 1778

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Voltaire quote: "When he to whom one speaks does not understand, and he who..."
When he to whom one speaks does not understand, and he who speaks himself does not understand, that is metaphysics. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung."
Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "The mouth obeys poorly when the heart murmurs."
The mouth obeys poorly when the heart murmurs. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "Anything too stupid to be said is sung."
Anything too stupid to be said is sung. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself,..."
I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "The ear is the avenue to the heart."
The ear is the avenue to the heart. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "To caress the serpent that devours us, until it has eaten away..."
To caress the serpent that devours us, until it has eaten away our heart. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "One should always cite what one does not understand at all in..."
One should always cite what one does not understand at all in the language one understands the least. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "I cannot imagine how the clockwork of the universe can exist..."
I cannot imagine how the clockwork of the universe can exist without a clockmaker. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "Martin in particular concluded that man was born to live..."
Martin in particular concluded that man was born to live either in the convulsions of misery, or in the lethargy of boredom. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "Martin especially concluded that man was born to live either..."
Martin especially concluded that man was born to live either in a state of distracting inquietude or of lethargic disgust. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "All comes out even at the end of the day, and all comes out..."
All comes out even at the end of the day, and all comes out still more even when all the days are over. Voltaire
Only cut off a buttock of each of those ladies,' said he,'and you'll fare extremely well; if you must go to it again, there will be the same entertainment a few days hence; heaven will accept of so charitable an action, and send you relief. Voltaire
Voltaire quote: "It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an..."
It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one. Voltaire
We are intelligent beings: intelligent beings cannot have been formed by a crude, blind, insensible being: there is certainly some difference between the ideas of Newton and the dung of a mule. Newton's intelligence, therefore, came from another intelligence Voltaire

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