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February 12, 2023

Voltaire, God and Human Beings, 1769

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"In general men are stupid, vengeful, ungrateful, jealous, greedy for other people's goods, abusive of their superiority when strong, and deceitful when weak."


--First sentence, Chapter 1, Our Crimes and Stupidities

Posted by JD Hull at February 12, 2023 12:32 AM

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