Voltaire: I do not know in the whole history of the world a hero, a worthy man, a prophet, a true Christian, who has not been the

I do not know in the whole history of the world a hero, a worthy man, a prophet, — Voltaire

I do not know in the whole history of the world a hero, a worthy man, a prophet, a true Christian, who has not been the victim of the jealous, of a scamp, or of a sinister spirit.

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The bullet that will kill me is not yet cast. — Napoleon
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