TheRealQuotes

"The rude beginnings of every art acquire a greater celebrity than the art in perfection; he who first played the fiddle was looked upon as a demigod."

―

Innovation

From

Philosopher

Added on

About Voltaire

Voltaire was a French Enlightenment writer, satirist, and philosopher born François-Marie Arouet. He is known for his advocacy of civil liberties and for influential works such as Candide and his philosophical letters.

Born:

Died:

View all quotes from Voltaire

"The Malays have many queer notions about tigers and usually only speak of them in whispers, becau..."
"My dream pet? I like a couple of them, man: monkey, I love dogs. See, tigers, I don't know - I ca..."
"There's so much emphasis on the economic might of China, of Southeast Asia, Asian 'Super Tigers' ..."