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"‎Now, now my good man, this is no time to be making enemies.
(Voltaire on his deathbed in response to a priest asking him that he renounce Satan.)"

— Voltaire 

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January 10, 2013
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"Doubt is not a pleasant condition. But certainty is an absurd one."

— Voltaire 

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December 11, 2012
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"If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him."

— Voltaire

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June 30, 2012
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"Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one."

— Voltaire

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June 25, 2012
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