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Often Quotes by Voltaire
- The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.
- Often the prudent, far from making their destinies, succumb to them. -Francois
- The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself.
- Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool.
- One always begins with the simple, then comes the complex, and by superior enlightenment one often reverts in the end to the simple. Such is…
- Work is often the father of pleasure.
- Often the prudent, far from making their destinies, succumb to them.
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