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Voltaire on Easter

1694–1778 France

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We have never intended to enlighten shoemakers and servants—this is up to apostles.

Doctrine of reincarnation is neither absurd nor useless. It is not more surprising to be born twice than once.

Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.

Dictionnaire philosophique portatif (1764)

What then do you call your soul? What idea have you of it? You cannot of yourselves, without revelation, admit the existence within you of anything but a power unknown to you of feeling and thinking.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Voltaire (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.