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• The superfluous is very necessary. -- Voltaire
• It is said that God is always on the side of the heaviest battalions.
  -- Francis M. Voltaire (1694-1778) -- Letter to M. le Riche, Feb. 6, 1770...
• Crush the infamous thing. -- Francis M.
  Voltaire (1694-1778) -- Letter to d'Alembert, June 23, 1760...
• If there were no God, it would be necessary to invent him.
  -- Francis M. Voltaire (1694-1778) -- Epitre a l'Auteur du Livre des Trois Imposteurs, cxi...
• Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.
  -- Francis M. Voltaire (1694-1778) -- Dialogue xiv, Le Chapon et la Poularde (l763)...
• History is little else than a picture of human crimes and misfortunes.
  -- Francis M. Voltaire (1694-1778) -- L'Ingenu, Chap. x, (1767.)...