1790s, The Age of Reason, Part I (1794)
“To pray to God is to flatter oneself that with words one can alter nature.”
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Voltaire
Prier Dieu c'est se flatter qu'avec des paroles on changera toute la nature.
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Prier Dieu c'est se flatter qu'avec des paroles on changera toute la nature.
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