“All murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.”
Voltaire · Zadig, 1747
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“The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.”
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“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.”
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“Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is an absurd one.”
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