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Voltaire
Featured Biography Voltaire

Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.

Voltaire, 1762

One of the greatest French writers, famous for his critical capacity and satiric wit and still widely revered as a courageous crusader against tyranny, bigotry, and cruelty, Voltaire was born this day in 1694.

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