Excerpt from Œuvres Complètes de Voltaire, Vol. 1: Avec Préfaces, Notes Et Commentaires Nouveaux; Dictionnaire Philosophique
Voltaire n'ayant donc besoin pour sa fortune ni de cultiver des protecteurs, ni de solliciter des places, ni de négocier avec des libraires, renonça au séjour de la capitale. Jusqu'au ministère du cardinal de Fleury, et jusqu'à son voyage en Angleterre, il avait vécu dans le plus grand monde. Les prin ces, les grands, ceux qui étaient à la tête des affaires, les gens a la mode, les femmes les plus brillantes, étaient re cherchés par lui, et le recherchaient. Partout il plaisait, il était fêté; mais partout il inspirait l'envie et la crainte. Su périeur par ses talents, il l'était encore par l'esprit qu'il mon trait dans la conversation; il y portait tout ce qui rend aima bles les gens d'un esprit frivole, et y mêlait les traits d'un esprit supérieur. Né avec le talent de la plaisanterie, ses mots étaient souvent répétés, et c'en était assez pour qu'on donnât le nom de méchanceté à ce qui n'était que l'expression vraie de son jugement, rendue piquante par la tournure naturelle de son esprit.
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