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Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes. — Voltaire

Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.

In the original French

En effet, l'histoire n'est que le tableau des crimes et des malheurs.

Voltaire
1767
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1767
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Voltaire. "Ingenuous." Candide, Zadig and Selected Stories, translated by Daniel A. Frame. Signet, 2009, ch. 10.
Original citation
Voltaire. L'ingenu. 1767, ch. 10.

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