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Vol·taire (vōl ter, väl-; Fr vō̂l ter)

Voltaire, (François Marie Arouet de) (born François Marie Arouet) 1694-1778; Fr. writer and philosopher

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Mock on, mock on,Voltaire Rousseau; Mock on, mock on,'tis all in vain! You throw the sand against the wind, And the wind blows it back again.

-Blake,William

Imagine Rousseau,Voltaire, Holbach, Lessing, Heine, and Hegel united in one personöI say united, not lumped togetheröand you have Dr Marx.

-Hess, Moses

Je¤  sus a pleure¤ , Voltaire a souri; c'est de cette larme divine et de ce sourire humain qu'est faite la douceur de la civilisation actuelle. Jesus wept;Voltairesmiled.Of that divinetearand of that human smile the sweetness of present civilization is composed.

-Hugo,Victor Marie

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