1057 – “Laissez lire, et laissez danser; ces deux amusements ne feront jamais de mal au monde.”

“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.”

-Voltaire

Quote Number: 159

French Source: Voltaire. Dictionnaire philosophique. Cosse et Gaultier-Laguionie: Paris. 1838. Pg 678. Online at the Internet Archive Here.

English Source: Voltaire. Philosophical Dictionary, Vol VII. E R DuMont: Paris. 1901. Pg 134. Online at the Internet Archive Here.

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