Voltaire Quotes About Grace
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The ancients recommended us to sacrifice to the Graces, but Milton sacrificed to the Devil.
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The Pride of every Jew finds cause to believe that the cause of their down fall is not their detestable politics, or ignorance of social graces, but the raft of God. They believe it took a miracle to undo them.
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The abuse of grace is affectation, as the abuse of the sublime is absurdity; all perfection is nearly a fault.
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He was my equal in beauty, a paragon of grace and charm, sparkling with wit, and burning with love. I adored him to distraction, to the point of idolatry: I loved him as one can never love twice.
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