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The public is a ferocious beast; one must either chain it or flee from it.

Voltaire

French Writer

Born: Nov 21, 1694

Died: May 30, 1778

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Beast, Must, Ferocious, Either, Public, Flee, Chain

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Alfred de Musset, Andre Maurois, Francois de La Rochefoucauld, Joseph Joubert, Madame de Stael, Roger de Rabutin, Simone de Beauvoir, Stendhal

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