Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.

Quote by Voltaire

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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.

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

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

The atheists are for the most part impudent and misguided scholars who reason badly, and...

The atheists are for the most part impudent and misguided scholars who reason badly, and...

History is no more than the portrayal of crimes and misfortunes

History is no more than the portrayal of crimes and misfortunes

Minds differ still more than faces

Minds differ still more than faces

If you want good laws, burn those you have and make new ones.

If you want good laws, burn those you have and make new ones.

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.

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

Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them...

Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them...

We are rarely proud when we are alone.

We are rarely proud when we are alone.

Anyone who seeks to destroy the passions instead of controlling them is trying to play...

Anyone who seeks to destroy the passions instead of controlling them is trying to play...

The man who ventures to write contemporary history must expect to be attacked both for...

The man who ventures to write contemporary history must expect to be attacked both for...

Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable.

Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable.

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

The best way to be boring is to leave nothing out.

The best way to be boring is to leave nothing out.

Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense

Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense

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...

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

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

It is not love that should be depicted as blind, but self-love.

It is not love that should be depicted as blind, but self-love.

To hold a pen is to be at war.

To hold a pen is to be at war.