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"If there were no God, it would be necessary to invent him."
Francis M. Voltaire / Epître à l'Auteur du Livre des Trois Imposteurs. cxi.

Epître à l'Auteur du Livre des Trois Imposteurs. cxi.

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"The king [Frederic] has sent me some of his dirty linen to wash; I will wash yours another time."
Francis M. Voltaire / Reply to General Manstein.

Reply to General Manstein.

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"Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts."
Francis M. Voltaire / Dialogue xiv. Le Chapon et la Poularde (1763).

Dialogue xiv. Le Chapon et la Poularde (1763).

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"History is little else than a picture of human crimes and misfortunes."
Francis M. Voltaire / L'Ingénu. Chap. x. (1767.)

L'Ingénu. Chap. x. (1767.)

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"The first who was king was a fortunate soldier: Who serves his country well has no need of ancestors."
Francis M. Voltaire / Merope. Act i. Sc. 3.

Merope. Act i. Sc. 3.

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"In the best of possible worlds the château of monseigneur the baron was the most beautiful of châteaux, and madame the best of possible baronesses."
Francis M. Voltaire / Candide. Chap. i.

Candide. Chap. i.

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"In this country [England] it is well to kill from time to time an admiral to encourage the others."
Francis M. Voltaire / Candide. Chap. xxiii.

Candide. Chap. xxiii.

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"The superfluous, a very necessary thing."
Francis M. Voltaire / Le Mondain. Line 21.

Le Mondain. Line 21.

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"Crush the infamous thing."
Francis M. Voltaire / Letter to d'Alembert, June 23, 1760.

Letter to d'Alembert, June 23, 1760.

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"There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times."
Francis M. Voltaire / Letter to Cardinal de Bernis, April 23, 1761.

Letter to Cardinal de Bernis, April 23, 1761.

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"The proper mean."
Francis M. Voltaire / Letter to Count d'Argental, Nov. 28, 1765.

Letter to Count d'Argental, Nov. 28, 1765.

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"It is said that God is always on the side of the heaviest battalions."
Francis M. Voltaire / Letter to M. le Riche, Feb. 6, 1770.

Letter to M. le Riche, Feb. 6, 1770.

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"Love truth, but pardon error."
Francis M. Voltaire / Discours sur l'Homme. Discours 3.

Discours sur l'Homme. Discours 3.

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