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"C'est une des superstitions de l'esprit humain d'avoir imaginé que la virginité pouvait être une vertu."

January 1, 1970

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It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue. — Notebooks (c.1735-c.1750) — Note: This quotation and the three that follow directly below are from the so-called Leningrad Notebook, also known as Le Sottisier; it is one of several posthumously published notebooks of Voltaire.

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It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue. — Notebooks (c.1735-c.1750) — Note: This quotation and the three that follow directly below are from the so-called Leningrad Notebook, also known as Le Sottisier; it is one of several posthumously published notebooks of Voltaire.