Seven Discourses on Man, in Verse

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Love truth, but pardon error.

Voltaire

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Truth and error

Author

Voltaire

Source

Seven Discourses on Man, in Verse

Statement Type

Advice

Language

French

Time

1738 1730s 18th century

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Voltaire. "Deuxieme Discours: De La Liberte [Second Discourse: On Liberty]." Sept Discours en Vers sur l'Homme [Seven Discourses on Man]. Paris, 1738, no. 2.

The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.

Voltaire

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Oversharing

Author

Voltaire

Source

Seven Discourses on Man, in Verse

Language

French

Time

1738 1730s 18th century

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Citation

Voltaire. "Sixieme Discours: Sur la Nature de l'Homme [Sixth Discourse: On the Nature of Man]." Sept Discours en Vers sur l'Homme [Seven Discourses on Man]. 1738, no. 6.