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"God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh."
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VoltaireCest une plaisante chose que la pensée dépende absolument de lestomac, — Voltaire
"Cest une plaisante chose que la pensée dépende absolument de lestomac, et malgré cela les meilleurs estomacs ne soient pas les meilleurs penseurs."
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François-Marie Arouet, known by his pen name Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher (philosophe), satirist, and historian. Famous for his wit and his criticism of Christianity and of slavery, Voltaire was an advocate of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state.
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"Defend me from my friends; I can defend myself from my enemies."
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"Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung."
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