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Voltaire Quotes: To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
         

To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.


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This page presents the quote "To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.". Author of this quote is Voltaire. This quote is about living, truth, dead,.