Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. Of that divine tear and that human smile is composed the sweetness of the present civilization.


Speech, "Le centenaire de Voltaire", on the 100th anniversary of the death of Voltaire, 30 May 1878

Victor Hugo Quotes

Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. Of that divine tear and that human smile is composed the sweetness of the present civilization.

Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. Of that divine tear and that human smile is composed the sweetness of the present civilization.

Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. Of that divine tear and that human smile is composed the sweetness of the present civilization.

Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. Of that divine tear and that human smile is composed the sweetness of the present civilization.