All the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books.

Quote by Voltaire

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Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.

Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.

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...

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults...

Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults...

Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool.

Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool.

Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too.

Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too.

It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a...

It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a...

He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend; provided, of course, he really...

He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend; provided, of course, he really...

The punishment of criminals should be of use; when a man is hanged he is...

The punishment of criminals should be of use; when a man is hanged he is...

We cannot wish for that we know not.

We cannot wish for that we know not.

Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable.

Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable.

Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.

Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: O Lord...

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: O Lord...

A long dispute means both parties are wrong

A long dispute means both parties are wrong

Clever tyrants are never punished.

Clever tyrants are never punished.

All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born...

All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born...

Repose is a good thing, but boredom is its brother

Repose is a good thing, but boredom is its brother

Let us read and let us dance - two amusements that will never do any...

Let us read and let us dance - two amusements that will never do any...

There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.

There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.

He shines in the second rank, who is eclipsed in the first.

He shines in the second rank, who is eclipsed in the first.