It is with books as with the fire in our hearths; we go to a neighbor to get the embers and light it when we return home, pass it on to others, and it belongs to everyone


"Lettre XII: sur M. Pope et quelques autres poètes fameux," Lettres philosophiques (1756 edition)

Voltaire Quotes

It is with books as with the fire in our hearths; we go to a neighbor to get the embers and light it when we return home, pass it on to others, and...

It is with books as with the fire in our hearths; we go to a neighbor to get the embers and light it when we return home, pass it on to others, and...

It is with books as with the fire in our hearths; we go to a neighbor to get the embers and light it when we return home, pass it on to others, and...

It is with books as with the fire in our hearths; we go to a neighbor to get the embers and light it when we return home, pass it on to others, and...