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

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The very impossibility in which I find myself to prove that God is not, discovers...

The very impossibility in which I find myself to prove that God is not, discovers...

Nature has always had more force than education.

Nature has always had more force than education.

It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only...

It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only...

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 as impossible to translate poetry as it is to translate music.

It is as impossible to translate poetry as it is to translate music.

Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise...

Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise...

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.

What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss...

What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss...

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...

Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make...

Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make...

I know of no great men except those who have rendered great service to the...

I know of no great men except those who have rendered great service to the...

God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves...

God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves...

Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the most tolerance, but until now...

Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the most tolerance, but until now...

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.

It is fancy rather than taste which produces so many new fashions

It is fancy rather than taste which produces so many new fashions

May God defend me from my friends; I can defend myself from my enemies.

May God defend me from my friends; I can defend myself from my enemies.

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

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

He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is...

He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is...

Paradise was made for tender hearts; hell, for loveless hearts.

Paradise was made for tender hearts; hell, for loveless hearts.

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...