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Voltaire

(1694–1778) · French Philosopher & Author

French Enlightenment writer, philosopher, satirist, and historian

He who has not the spirit of this age, has all the misery of it.
Wherever there is a settled society, religion is necessary; the laws cover manifest crimes, and religion covers secret crimes.
Religion was instituted to make us happy in this life and in the other. What must we do to be happy in the life to come? Be just.
To believe in God is impossible not to believe in Him is absurd.
Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the most tolerance, but until now Christians have been the most intolerant of all men.
No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.
We are rarely proud when we are alone.
Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.
It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
Fear follows crime and is its punishment.

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