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" I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be resigned and tell myself that flies are born to be eaten by spiders and man to be devoured by sorrow. "
Voltaire
Know
Born
Nothing
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" If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him. "
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Necessary
Him
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Me
World
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Humanity
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" The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination. "
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Tyranny
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Little
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Fools
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Tyrant
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Loving
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