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Voltaire
French
Writer
Born:
Nov 21
,
1694
Died:
May 30
,
1778
God
Life
Man
Men
Must
Nothing
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The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to fight in.
Voltaire
Fight
Architecture
Wild
Ancient
Beasts
Masterpieces
Greatest
Built
Romans
Divorce is probably of nearly the same date as marriage. I believe, however, that marriage is some weeks the more ancient.
Voltaire
Marriage
Believe
Ancient
Some
More
Date
Weeks
Divorce
However
Same
Nearly
What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous.
Voltaire
Burden
Become
Too
Name
Famous
Heavy
Heavy Burden
History should be written as philosophy.
Voltaire
History
Philosophy
Written
Should
One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose.
Voltaire
Words
Will
Few
Says
More
Poetry
Prose
Merit
Deny
Than
Fewer
Persons
Our country is that spot to which our heart is bound.
Voltaire
Heart
Country
Our
Bound
Spot
Which
Let us work without theorizing, tis the only way to make life endurable.
Voltaire
Life
Work
Way
Only
Make
Without
Tis
Us
Let Us
He shines in the second rank, who is eclipsed in the first.
Voltaire
First
Rank
Eclipsed
He
Shines
Who
Second
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