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Posted on July 11, 2024July 11, 2024

“It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.”—Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet), French philosopher, 1694-1778

Posted on February 14, 2021February 14, 2021

“He who thinks himself wise, is a great fool.”—Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet), French philosopher, 1694-1778

Posted on January 15, 2021

“Who serves his country well has no need of ancestors.”—Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet), French philosopher, 1694-1778

Posted on December 15, 2020

“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.”—Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet), French philosopher, 1694-1778

Posted on November 18, 2020

“Appreciation is a wonderful thing: it makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.”—Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet), French philosopher, 1694-1778

Posted on December 27, 2016November 18, 2020

“Excellence is the enemy of good.”—Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet), French philosopher, 1694-1778

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