As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities.

Quote by Voltaire

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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...

The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing...

The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing...

Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one...

Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one...

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

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

It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity...

It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity...

Now, now my good man, this is no time for making enemies.

Now, now my good man, this is no time for making enemies.

It requires ages to destroy a popular opinion

It requires ages to destroy a popular opinion

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

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

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

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...

A yawn may not be polite, but at least it is an honest opinion

A yawn may not be polite, but at least it is an honest opinion

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

Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives; very few are...

Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives; very few are...

Injustice in the end produces independence.

Injustice in the end produces independence.

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

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

Society therefore is an ancient as the world.

Society therefore is an ancient as the world.

Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference

Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference

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

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

Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books.

Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books.

Happy the people whose annals are blank in history books.

Happy the people whose annals are blank in history books.