Voltaire quote: I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be resigned and tell myself that ...

I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be resigned and tell myself that flies are born to be eaten by spiders and man to be devoured by sorrow.

~ Voltaire ~

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I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be resigned and tell myself that f...

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