“Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.”

— Voltaire

Les hommes seront toujours fous; et ceux qui croient les guérir sont les plus fous de la bande.
Letter to Louise Dorothea of Meiningen, duchess of Saxe-Gotha Madame (30 January 1762)
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Les hommes seront toujours fous; et ceux qui croient les guérir sont les plus fous de la bande.

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French writer, historian, and philosopher 1694–1778

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