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We should be considerate to the living; to the dead we owe only the truth.[On doit des égards aux vivants; on ne doit aux morts que la vérité.]

Source:Letter to M. de Grenonville (1719)
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  • Name: Voltaire
  • Profession: Writer, Philosopher
  • Born: November 21, 1694 - May 30, 1778
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