Quotes of Voltaire - somelinesforyou

“ Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization. ”

- Victor Hugo

“ There's a Bible on the shelf there. But I keep it next to Voltaire-poison and antidote. ”

- Bertrand Russell

“ The men who had hated and had not particularly loved Helvetius, flocked round him now. Voltaire forgave him all injuries, intentional or unintentional. 'What a fuss about an omelette!' he had exclaimed when he heard of the burning. How abominably unjust to persecute a man for such an airy trifle as that! 'I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it,' was his attitude now. ”

- S. G. Tallentyre

“ After my recent brush with voicelessness, I thought I'd share with you a few thoughts about speech. Don't take it lightly my friends. If music is the pathway to the heart as Voltaire suggested, then speech is the pathway to other people. Live in silence and you live alone. ”

- Henry Bromel

“ The men who had hated and had not particularly loved Helvtius, flocked round him now. Voltaire forgave him all injuries, intentional or unintentional. 'What a fuss about an omelette!' he had exclaimed when he heard of the burning. How abominably unjust to persecute a man for such an airy trifle as that! 'I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it,' was his attitude now. ”

- S. G. Tallentyre
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