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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him. — Voltaire

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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.

In the original French

Si Dieu n'existait pas, il faudrait l'inventer.

Voltaire
1768
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1768
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Voltaire
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Voltaire. Épître à l'Auteur du Livre des Trois Imposteurs [Letter to the author of The Three Impostors]. 10 Nov. 1770.

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