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I keep to old books, for they teach me something; from the new I learn very little

I keep to old books, for they teach me something; from the new I learn very little

Voltaire
Book, Reading, Littles

Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.

Voltaire
Reading, Soul, Enlightened
Voltaire, Roger Pearson (2006). “Candide and Other Stories”, p.222, OUP Oxford

Let us read, and let us dance — these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.

Voltaire
Dance, Reading, Two
"The Works of Voltaire: A Contemporary Version". Volume 6,

All the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books.

Voltaire
Book, Reading, Savages
Voltaire (2016). “Voltaire – The Philosophical Works: Treatise On Tolerance, Philosophical Dictionary, Candide, Letters on England, Plato’s Dream, Dialogues, The Study of Nature, Ancient Faith and Fable, Zadig…: From the French writer, historian and philosopher, famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion and freedom of expression”, p.390, e-artnow

One feels like crawling on all fours after reading your work.

Voltaire
Work, Reading, Crawling

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