One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.

Quote by Voltaire

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Nature has always had more force than education.

Nature has always had more force than education.

Business is the salt of life.

Business is the salt of life.

Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal...

Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal...

It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.

It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.

The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can...

The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can...

God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.

God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.

It is as impossible to translate poetry as it is to translate music.

It is as impossible to translate poetry as it is to translate music.

Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy: the mad daughter of a wise...

Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy: the mad daughter of a wise...

I know of nothing more laughable than a doctor who does not die of old...

I know of nothing more laughable than a doctor who does not die of old...

The flowery style is not unsuitable to public speeches or addresses, which amount only to...

The flowery style is not unsuitable to public speeches or addresses, which amount only to...

In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from...

In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from...

Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the most tolerance, but until now...

Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the most tolerance, but until now...

If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him.

If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him.

Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.

Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.

He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked

He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked

Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed from one another. The...

Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed from one another. The...

It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.

It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.

We must cultivate our own garden. When man was put in the garden of Eden...

We must cultivate our own garden. When man was put in the garden of Eden...

Better is the enemy of good.

Better is the enemy of good.

Clever tyrants are never punished.

Clever tyrants are never punished.