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Anyone who seeks to destroy the passions instead of controlling them is trying to play the angel.

Source:'On the Pensées of Pascal,' letter 18, Letters on England (1732)
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  • Name: Voltaire
  • Profession: Writer, Philosopher
  • Born: November 21, 1694 - May 30, 1778
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