+3History is filled with the sound of silken slippers going downstairs and wooden shoes coming up.
- Voltaire
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- Coming to the end of spring my grandmother kicks off her shoes steps out of her faltering body. - Betsy Sholl
- Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a wooden gong. With trust, words become life itself. - Anonymous
- The most persistent sound which reverberates through men’s history is the beating of war drums. - Koestler
- It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets. - Voltaire
- History is little else than a long succession of useless cruelties. - Voltaire
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