All murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.

Quote by Voltaire

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It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.

It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.

Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.

Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.

The sentiment of justice is so natural, and so universally acquired by all mankind, that...

The sentiment of justice is so natural, and so universally acquired by all mankind, that...

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

If there were no God, it would have been necessary to invent him.

If there were no God, it would have been necessary to invent him.

When he who hears does not know what he who speaks means, and when he...

When he who hears does not know what he who speaks means, and when he...

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right...

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right...

By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.

By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.

Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.

Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.

Doubt is not a pleasant condition but certainty is an absurd one.

Doubt is not a pleasant condition but certainty is an absurd one.

I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which...

I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which...

The great consolation in life is to say what one thinks.

The great consolation in life is to say what one thinks.

In the case of news, we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation.

In the case of news, we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation.

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

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

All men have equal rights to liberty, to their property, and to the protection of...

All men have equal rights to liberty, to their property, and to the protection of...

Clever tyrants are never punished.

Clever tyrants are never punished.

Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them.

Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them.

Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung.

Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung.

We are rarely proud when we are alone.

We are rarely proud when we are alone.

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.