“Four thousand volumes of metaphysics will not teach us what the soul is.”
More from Voltaire
“To hold a pen is to be at war.”
“Poetry is the music of the soul, and, above all, of great and feeling souls.”
“Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable.…”
“Fools admire everything in an author of reputation. For my part, I read only to please…”