Quatrain of Voltaire’s verse, written in the hand of Ivan Turgenev from Baden in 1869
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Lion Heart Autographs, New York, Lot 0191, ‘Extremely Rare Ivan Turgenev Autograph Four-Line Verse Quoting Voltaire’
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Quatrain of Voltaire’s verse, written in the hand of Ivan Turgenev from Baden in 1869
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Incipit Diplomatic:
S’occuper c’est savoir jouir / L’oisiveté pèse et tourmente
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Brief Summary:
Quatrain of Voltaire’s verse, written in the hand of Ivan Turgenev (1818-1883).
Detailed Summary:
The quatrain is taken from a longer work, Stances Irregulières, which Voltaire sent to Louisa Ulrika of Sweden in January 1747. The verse reads: ‘S’occuper c’est savoir jouir / L’oisiveté pèse et tourmente; / L’âme est un feu, qu’il nourrir / Et qui s’éteint, s’il ne s’augmente’. Turgenev studied philosophy and history in Berlin and grew to love Germany and its developments since the Enlightenment. He befriended writers such as Gustave Flaubert, George Sand, Emile Zola, and Henry James, and was heavily influenced by the earlier writings of Voltaire.
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1 f.
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Unbound
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1869
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Bade
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Sold at auction by Lion Heart Autographs in New York on 5 June 2024 (Estimated price: $4,500-$5,000).
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