"Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law."
Voltaire
During his exile in London, Voltaire became aquainted with Isaac Newton. Voltaire is considered the source of the apple tree story, which he heard from Isaac Newton's niece and first mentioned in his book Essay on Epic Poetry.
3 comments:
Why did I never know all these wonderful quotes came from Voltaire????
How do you find these? Are you up reading Voltaire or Parker or whomever at 3 AM?
Jenners, He's proved a fun one to research. This one sounds like an old Henny Youngman one-liner.
Gavin, Aren't we all??? ;=)
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