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Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others? - Voltaire

History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes. - Voltaire

He who is not just is severe, he who is not wise is sad. - Voltaire

It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one. - Voltaire

He shines in the second rank, who is eclipsed in the first. - Voltaire

I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it. - Voltaire

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd. - Voltaire

It is the flash which appears, the thunderbolt will follow. - Voltaire

Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes. - Voltaire

History should be written as philosophy. - Voltaire

Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices. - Voltaire

God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well. - Voltaire

An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination. - Voltaire

Chance is a word void of sense; nothing can exist without a cause. - Voltaire

Better is the enemy of good. - Voltaire

Every one goes astray, but the least imprudent are they who repent the soonest. - Voltaire

I should like to lie at your feet and die in your arms. - Voltaire

It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind. - Voltaire

I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom. - Voltaire

Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce. - Voltaire

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