Voltaire — "The human species is the only one which knows that it must die, and it is the on…"
The human species is the only one which knows that it must die, and it is the only one which laughs.
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Attributed, but no direct source found in his works. Likely a modern paraphrase or misattribution.
Date: Uncertain, 18th century
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