Charles Lamb vs. Voltaire
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Charles Lamb
1764 – 1847
Literature
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Charles Lamb was an English essayist, poet, and antiquarian, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book Tales from Shakespeare, co-authored with his sister, Mary Lamb (1764–1847).
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"Presents, I often say, endear absents."
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Voltaire
1694 – 1778
Philosophy
France
Enlightenment
François-Marie Arouet, known by his pen name Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher (philosophe), satirist, and historian. Famous for his wit and his criticism of Christianity and of slavery, Voltaire was an advocate of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state.
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"She blushed and so did he. She greeted him in a faltering voice, and he spoke to her without knowing what he was saying."
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