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“Our character is composed of our ideas and our feelings: and, since it has been proved that we give ourselves neither feelings nor ideas, our character does not depend on us. If it did depend on us, there is nobody who would not be perfect. If one does not reflect, one thinks oneself master of everything; but when one does reflect, one realizes that one is master of nothing” 
― Voltaire
“Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.” 
― Voltaire
“May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies. ” 
― Voltaire
“The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor.” 
― Voltaire
“If God did not exist, He would have to be invented. But all nature cries aloud that he does exist: that there is a supreme intelligence, an immense power, an admirable order, and everything teaches us our own dependence on it.” 
― Voltaire
“History never repeats itself. Man always does.” 
― Voltaire
“Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time.” 
― Voltaire
“Originality is nothing by judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.” 
― Voltaire
“The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us” 
― Voltaire
Nationality: French 
Born: November 21, 1694
Died: May 30, 1778
Known For: Enlightenment Writer, Historian, and Philosopher.