Doubt is not a pleasant condition but certainty is an absurd one.

Quote by Voltaire

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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.

The superfluous, a very necessary thing.

The superfluous, a very necessary thing.

I hate women because they always know where things are.

I hate women because they always know where things are.

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 ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to...

The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to...

When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.

When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.

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

The progress of rivers to the ocean is not so rapid as that of man...

The progress of rivers to the ocean is not so rapid as that of man...

A man loved by a beautiful woman will always get out of trouble

A man loved by a beautiful woman will always get out of trouble

If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.

If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.

Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without...

Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without...

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

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

History should be written as philosophy.

History should be written as philosophy.

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...

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

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

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...

The ear is the avenue to the heart.

The ear is the avenue to the heart.

The superfluous, a very necessary thing

The superfluous, a very necessary thing

Necessity does the work of courage.

Necessity does the work of courage.

The United States is not a nation to which peace is a necessity.

The United States is not a nation to which peace is a necessity.