A man cannot become an atheist merely by wishing it.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

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A soul you say? Give my pocketwatch to a savage and he'll think it has...

A soul you say? Give my pocketwatch to a savage and he'll think it has...

The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better...

The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better...

Vengeance has no foresight

Vengeance has no foresight

The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish more severely.

The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish more severely.

There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who...

There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who...

Revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets

Revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets

England is a nation of shopkeepers.

England is a nation of shopkeepers.

The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.

The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.

War is the business of barbarians

War is the business of barbarians

If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.

If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.

If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life...

If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life...

Time is the great art of man.

Time is the great art of man.

In politics stupidity is not a handicap.

In politics stupidity is not a handicap.

Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.

Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.

A true man hates no one.

A true man hates no one.

Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we...

Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we...

Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.

Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.

Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.

Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.

It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.

It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.

I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up.

I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up.