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Quote by Evelyn Beatrice Hall

“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”

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Evelyn Beatrice Hall was a British writer renowned for her wit and social commentary. Born on September 28, 1868, and passing away on April 13, 1956, Hall made significant contributions to journalism and literature. She was a member of the Bloomsbury Group and is best known for her biography of Voltaire. more

“I do not admire a virtue like valour when it is pushed to excess, if I do not see at the same time the excess of the opposite virtue, as one does in Epaminondas, who displayed extreme valour and extreme benevolence. For otherwise it is not an ascent, but a fall. We do not display our greatness by placing ourselves at one extremity, but rather by being at both at the same time, and filling up the whole of the space between them.”

Ifs Doe Whole Fall Space Virtue Greatness Opposites Extremes Admire Excess Display Filling Benevolence Space Between Ascent Extremity Valour Filling Up

Author:Blaise Pascal

“The reading public is intellectually adolescent at best, and it is obvious that what is called ''significant literature'' will only be sold to this public by exactly the same methods as are used to sell it toothpaste, cathartics and automobiles.”

Used Reading Literature Society Method Sells Obvious Significant Automobile Toothpaste

Book:The Raymond Chandler Papers: Selected Letters and Nonfiction, 1909-1959

Source: The Raymond Chandler Papers: Selected Letters and Nonfiction, 1909-1959

“Although the Jeffersonian Law ("All men are created equal") is the first article of the American faith, the facts of American life have demonstrated for some time now that it is an irksome faith to live by.”

Men Firsts Facts Law Equal Equality Live By Articles American Life

Book:America Observed: From the 1940s to the 1980s

Source: America Observed: From the 1940s to the 1980s

Quote by Evelyn Beatrice Hall

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