Voltaire: Satire lies about men of letters during their life, and eulogy after their death.

Satire lies about men of letters during their life, and eulogy after their death — Voltaire

Satire lies about men of letters during their life, and eulogy after their death.

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None have lived without shedding tears. — Voltaire
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He ain't a copper just look at 'is boots! — George Bernard Shaw
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Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be. — Abraham Lincoln