Voltaire Quotes About Poetry

Quotes about: Poetry

• One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose.

  Voltaire

  Poetry, Tragedy, Merit

  Voltaire (2016). “VOLTAIRE – Premium Collection: Novels, Philosophical Writings, Historical Works, Plays, Poems & Letters (60+ Works in One Volume) - Illustrated: Candide, A Philosophical Dictionary, A Treatise on Toleration, Plato's Dream, The Princess of Babylon, Zadig, The Huron, Socrates, The Sage and the Atheist, Dialogues, Oedipus, Caesar…”, p.4095, e-artnow

• Verses which do not teach men new and moving truths do not deserve to be read.

  Voltaire

  Moving, Men, Poetry

  Francois Voltaire (1977). “The Portable Voltaire”, p.313, Penguin

• This poem will never reach its destination. On Rousseau's Ode To Posterity

  Voltaire

  Poetry, Odes, Destination

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