Sandy, you brought me into a spin with that! Do you know that Voltaire coined well over several thousands quoteworthy citations? But you WERE RIGHT – I found it, after some clever (pats her shoulder!) searching the internet. The original was:
La vie est un naufrage, mais nous ne devons pas oublier de chanter dans les canots de sauvetage. — Voltaire
So there you go – you WERE right and I shouldn’t have doubted you. I can only say in my defense that he usually came across as less ‘hands on’ and more philosophical.
And it’s such a timely quote too: We ALL are sitting in a boat, bumbling on the ocean of our life, not very able to steer our boat and so maybe it IS best to sing to scare the demons away 😉
Sep 22, 2019 @ 07:42:09
At the top of my lungs, dear Sandy!
Sep 23, 2019 @ 12:51:03
That’a girl!
Sep 22, 2019 @ 15:43:55
Did he REALLY utter something like that? I wouldn’t have thought so. Great collageè
Sep 23, 2019 @ 12:50:35
I trust my quote site, but you never know. Sometimes they are really wrong, so if you find a goof, please let me know.
Sep 23, 2019 @ 13:06:08
Sandy, you brought me into a spin with that! Do you know that Voltaire coined well over several thousands quoteworthy citations? But you WERE RIGHT – I found it, after some clever (pats her shoulder!) searching the internet. The original was:
La vie est un naufrage, mais nous ne devons pas oublier de chanter dans les canots de sauvetage. — Voltaire
So there you go – you WERE right and I shouldn’t have doubted you. I can only say in my defense that he usually came across as less ‘hands on’ and more philosophical.
And it’s such a timely quote too: We ALL are sitting in a boat, bumbling on the ocean of our life, not very able to steer our boat and so maybe it IS best to sing to scare the demons away 😉
Sep 25, 2019 @ 18:41:39
Bless your heart, Kiki. I never meant to send you off spelunking! But thanks for letting me know. ❤️
Sep 26, 2019 @ 14:51:26
that’s alright! I like to inform myself and Voltaire was terribly (exceedingly) prolific…. 😉