"All men now allow that if any human power could have stemmed the avalanche of the French Revolution, it would have been the reforms of Turgot."

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Source : "The Friends of Voltaire". Book by Evelyn Beatrice Hall, 1906.

Evelyn Beatrice Hall

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“The world is deceitful; her end is doubtful, her conclusion is horrible, her judge terrible, and her judgment is intolerable.”
“It does not matter if you vote for the left or right, you are not an elephant or donkey. You are a truthful lion who stands only for your conscience.”
“Learn how to enjoy where you are on the way to where you're going.”
“When [my father] reached his majority, he was the head of the family. Everybody depended upon him. He went into a very uptight appearance; he would wear Chesterfield coats to work, Homburg hats, really getting into the whole thing. He knew people like Oscar Levant. He loved New York. He wanted to live there.”
“As humans, we get filled with jealousy, at times, and rage, and I am no exception. I can get incredibly angry, to the point that I get ashamed of my actions.”
“Happiness was useless to me. It was heartache that filled my purse. What happy man has need of Shakespeare?”
“Englishmen are said to love their laws; - that is the reason, I suppose, they give us so many of them, and in different editions.”
“Anger may glance into the breast of a wise man, but rests only in the bosom of fools.”

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