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Writing is the painting of the voice.

Writing is the painting of the voice.

Voltaire
Writing, Voice, Painting
Voltaire (1824). “A philosophical dictionary: from the French”, p.170

To hold a pen is to be at war.

Voltaire
Peace, War, Writing
Letter to Jeanne-Grâce Bosc du Bouchet, comtesse d'Argental, October 04, 1748.

Monsieur l'abbé, I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to write.

Voltaire
Funny, Life, Writing
"Timeline: a history of free speech" by David Smith, Luc Torres, www.theguardian.com. February 5, 2006.

The only reward to be expected from literature is contempt if one fails and hatred if one succeeds.

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Writing, Hatred, Rewards

You can never correct your work well until you have forgotten it.

Voltaire
Art, Writing, Forgotten

The multiplicity of facts and writings is become so great that every thing must soon be reduced to extracts and dictionaries.

Voltaire
Writing, Facts, Dictionary

The adjective is the enemy of the noun. Variant: The adjective is the enemy of the substantive.

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Writing, Enemy, Adjectives

If there had been a censorship of the press in Rome we should have had today neither Horace nor Juvenal, nor the philosophical writings of Cicero.

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Philosophical, Writing, Rome

You write your name in the snow Yet say nothing.

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Writing, Names, Snow

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