Fear follows crime, and is its punishment

Quote by Voltaire

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The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours,...

The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours,...

The flowery style is not unsuitable to public speeches or addresses, which amount only to...

The flowery style is not unsuitable to public speeches or addresses, which amount only to...

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 is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.

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

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

Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share; Be...

Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share; Be...

Business is the salt of life.

Business is the salt of life.

If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him.

If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him.

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

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

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...

God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.

God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.

The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be...

The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be...

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...

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.

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.

Philosopher: A lover of wisdom, which is to say, Truth

Philosopher: A lover of wisdom, which is to say, Truth

Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.

Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.

Goodness comes out of people who bask in the sun, as it does out of...

Goodness comes out of people who bask in the sun, as it does out of...

Those who have never tried the experiment of a holy life measure the laws of...

Those who have never tried the experiment of a holy life measure the laws of...