Good Morning Digital Neighbors and Fellow Shipmates on this little orb of life!š How about quotes about one of our favorite past times, speaking! Lord knows, and He does, šthere is no end to the babbling of words and the uttering of things listenable. I know I do my fair share throughout the day, and not just to the captive congregants on any given Sunday.
I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognizably wiser than oneself. - Marlene Dietrich
It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech. - Mark Twain
There are very few people who donāt become more interesting when they stop talking. - Mary Lowry
Still chuckling at Mary's comments. I think I've said enough. Happy Friday my friends and thanks for the little daily indulgences you take when reading and responding to these morning ramblings. As screwy as humanity is, it is still great to be alive and be a person.
Today marks the three hundred and thirtieth birthday of the Frenchman FranƧois-Marie Arouet, better known by his nom de plume, Voltaire (1694-1778).
Born into a bourgeois family during the reign of Louis XIV, the āSun Kingā (r. 1643-1715), Voltaire suffered tragedy at a young age when his mother died. Never close with his father or brother, Voltaire exhibited a rebellious attitude toward authority from his youth. His brilliant mind was fostered in the care of the Society of Jesus, who introduced him to the joys of literature and theater. Despite his later criticisms against the Church, Voltaire, throughout his life, fondly recalled his dedicated Jesuit teachers.
Although he spent time as a civil servant in the French embassy to the Hague, Voltaireās main love was writingāan endeavor where he excelled in various genres, including poetry, which led to his appointment as the royal court poet for King Louis XV. Widely recognized as one of the greatest French writers, and even hyperbolically referred to by ...
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