The only reward to be expected from literature is contempt if one fails and hatred if one succeeds.


Letter to Mlle. Quinault [August 16,1738]

Voltaire Quotes

The only reward to be expected from literature is contempt if one fails and hatred if one succeeds.

The only reward to be expected from literature is contempt if one fails and hatred if one succeeds.

The only reward to be expected from literature is contempt if one fails and hatred if one succeeds.

The only reward to be expected from literature is contempt if one fails and hatred if one succeeds.