“One always speaks badly when one has nothing to say.”
Voltaire book Commentaires sur Corneille
On parle toujours mal quand on n'a rien à dire.
"Commentaires sur Corneille," Oeuvres complètes de Voltaire (1827)
Citas
“The need to speak, even if one has nothing to say, becomes more pressing when one has nothing to say, just as the will to live becomes more urgent when life has lost its meaning.”
Source: 1980s, The Ecstasy of Communication (1987), p. 30
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