The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.

Quote by Voltaire

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Thinking is the greatest torture in the world for most people.

Thinking is the greatest torture in the world for most people.

To rely upon conviction, devotion, and other excellent spiritual qualities - that is not to...

To rely upon conviction, devotion, and other excellent spiritual qualities - that is not to...

Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors.

Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors.

Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.

Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.

Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.

Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.

Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.

Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.

Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

A man loved by a beautiful woman will always get out of trouble

A man loved by a beautiful woman will always get out of trouble

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large...

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large...

He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend - provided, of course, that...

He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend - provided, of course, that...

All styles are good except the tiresome kind.

All styles are good except the tiresome kind.

It is fancy rather than taste which produces so many new fashions

It is fancy rather than taste which produces so many new fashions

I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be...

I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be...

We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved.

We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved.

We cannot always oblige; but we can always speak obligingly.

We cannot always oblige; but we can always speak obligingly.

One great use of words is to hide our thoughts

One great use of words is to hide our thoughts

The ancients recommended us to sacrifice to the Graces, but Milton sacrificed to the Devil.

The ancients recommended us to sacrifice to the Graces, but Milton sacrificed to the Devil.

The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to...

The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to...

Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?

Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?

This self-love is the instrument of our preservation; it resembles the provision for the perpetuity...

This self-love is the instrument of our preservation; it resembles the provision for the perpetuity...