Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.

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Repose is a good thing, but boredom is its brother

Repose is a good thing, but boredom is its brother

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

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

Common sense is not so common.

Common sense is not so common.

The best is the enemy of the good.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd, and bloody religion that has ever infected...

Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd, and bloody religion that has ever infected...

Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.

Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.

It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad...

It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad...

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.

All sects differ, because they come from men; morality is everywhere the same, because it...

All sects differ, because they come from men; morality is everywhere the same, because it...

It requires ages to destroy a popular opinion

It requires ages to destroy a popular opinion

The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those...

The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those...

What a heavy burden is a name that has become famous too soon.

What a heavy burden is a name that has become famous too soon.

I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom.

I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom.

The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.

The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.

One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.

One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.

I have only ever made one prayer to God, a very short one: O Lord,...

I have only ever made one prayer to God, a very short one: O Lord,...

God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of...

God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of...

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...

A chronicle is very different from history proper.

A chronicle is very different from history proper.

Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

Volume depends precisely on the writer's having been able to sit in a room every...

Volume depends precisely on the writer's having been able to sit in a room every...