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Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.

— Voltaire Dictionnaire philosophique (1785)

Laissez lire, et laissez danser; ces deux amusements ne feront jamais de mal au monde.

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"Liberty of the Press", Dictionnaire philosophique (ed. 1785-1789)

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