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Jésus a pleuré, Voltaire a souri; c'est de cette larme divine et de ce sourire humain qu'est faite la douceur de la civilisation actuelle.
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Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. Of that divine tear and that human smile is composed the sweetness of the present civilization. | Victor Hugo, Le centenaire de Voltaire, speech on Voltaire's centenary (30 May 1878)

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