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Where does Voltaire’s famous quote come from?

From British female writer Evelyn Beatrice Hall. From "The Friends of Voltaire".

Original sentence (French): Je ne suis pas d'accord avec ceque vous dites, mais je me battrai jusqu'à la mort pour que vous ayez le droitde le dire.

The original sentence (English) is: I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.?

It is said to be Voltaire's "famous saying". This sentence has spread so widely that it is even regarded as a "word of wisdom" in Voltaire's native France.

Hall herself later admitted in a letter dated May 9, 1939 that she had "mistakenly" placed this sentence in quotation marks, causing readers to misunderstand it.

She wrote in the letter: "You read this sentence in my book Voltaire in the Letters, 'I do not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death what you say. ' is my own word, and I should not put it in quotation marks. I made the mistake of inadvertently misleading you into thinking that it was a quote from Voltaire."< /p>

Hall's letter was later included in a book published in 1943. Charles Wirtz, director of the Voltaire Museum in Geneva, reiterated this incident in a television interview in 1994 to prove that Voltaire had indeed never said or written this "famous quote." Extended information

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It is said that Voltaire and Rousseau in France had different views. Rousseau wrote a book, which Voltaire criticized as useless. However, when Voltaire learned that the authorities were going to ban Rousseau's book, he stood up to defend it. He said to Rousseau: "I firmly oppose your views, but I will defend to the death your right to say such things. !”

Voltaire’s famous saying:

1. Telling one’s true thoughts is a great comfort in life.

2. Thoughts are like beards, they cannot grow if they are not mature.

3. Thoughts reside in the body, but despite this, the person with the strongest body may not necessarily be an outstanding thinker.

4. Generally speaking, different misfortunes create happiness. Therefore, the more frequent misfortunes happen, the better it is.

5. The more you read without thinking, the more you will feel that you know a lot. And the more you read and think about it, the more clearly you see how little you know.

6. When we read a good book for the first time, we seem to have found a friend. When we read this good book again, we feel like we are meeting old friends again.