Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.
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Voltaire'Liberty of the Press', Dictionnaire philosophique
About Voltaire
French Enlightenment writer and satirist, author of Candide. (1694-1778)
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- Let us cultivate our garden.Candide (1759)
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- Love truth, but pardon error.Sept Discours en Vers sur l'Homme (1738)
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