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Badass Britt :mastodon_lgbt:

Voltaire had some bangers:

“It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.”

“Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.”

“Prejudices are what fools use for reason.”

#quote#quotes
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SnoopJ

@britt @arrjay I've always been fond of the oft-misunderstood (by me, even!) "Si Dieu n'existait pas, il faudrait l'inventer"

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Patrick Morris Miller

@SnoopJ @britt @arrjay If we're going there, then I pick "J'ai toujours fait une prière à Dieu, qui est fort courte. La voici: *Mon Dieu, rendez nos ennemis bien ridicules!* Dieu m'a exaucé."

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Goiterzan/Amygdalai Lama

@britt @mhoye
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if Voltaire was talking about the “This is actually GOOD for you,” speech, I’ll agree.
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In the human world, every child is forced to believe this absurdity. 💔
People get pretty close to it with that one. 💜

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Goiterzan/Amygdalai Lama

@britt @mhoye
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nation after nation, empire after empire, ends by melting down in its own authoritarianism, but they all think the police “are actually GOOD for you”

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Arcaik

@britt He also had a deep love for royalty and people in power.

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Badass Britt :mastodon_lgbt:

@Arcaik I think you’re missing the point of my post.

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Buds_Always_Fight_Fascists🇨🇦🇺🇦

@britt
Silly me. I’m here thinking you were talking about the band Cabaret Voltaire. 😂 I didn’t know they were so deep!

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vruz

@britt @joelvanderwerf
"Ne craignez pas celui qui ose invoquer la sagesse, mais bien celui qui attribue des citations à Voltaire."

— François-Marie Arouet, dit Voltaire

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Peter

@britt

He's often attributed as essentially creating the Parisian coffee culture, so there's that as well.
👍

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MrAndrewD

@britt He's also attributed with "A witty saying proves nothing".

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Len

@britt I mean, he also said "a witty saying proves nothing", so it's a bit of a mixed bag.

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Squiggle
@britt Problem is that the fools would use the same quotes, thinking they apply to us.
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Bodo Menke

@britt Well, this sounds to me like an perpetual truth.

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Different Drummer

@britt His (alleged) last words, when asked by a priest to renounce Satan, were "My dear Sir; now is not the time to be making enemies."

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Androgenes 🏴‍☠️🫂🔞

@britt

Two Voltaire-related facts:

1. Nietzsche was a big fan of Voltaire.

2. The American anarchist Voltairine de Cleyre was named after Voltaire by her French father.

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