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Voltaire Quotes About Prisons

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  • Voltaire quote: It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.

    It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.

    "Le dîner du comte de Boulainvilliers: Troisième Entretien". Book by Voltaire, 1767.
  • The punishment of criminals should be of use; when a man is hanged he is good for nothing.

    Voltaire (1765). “The philosophical dictionary for the pocket: Written in French by a society of men of letters, and translated into English from the last Geneva edition, corrected by the authors. With notes, ...”, p.212

Voltaire

  • Born: November 21, 1694
  • Died: May 30, 1778
  • Occupation: Writer
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