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

Quote by Voltaire

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We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongue,...

We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongue,...

A witty saying proves nothing.

A witty saying proves nothing.

Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?

Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?

Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous.

Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous.

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

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.

Thinking is the greatest torture in the world for most people.

Thinking is the greatest torture in the world for most people.

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

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

History should be written as philosophy.

History should be written as philosophy.

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...

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

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

Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors.

Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors.

The ladder of success must be set upon something solid before you can start to...

The ladder of success must be set upon something solid before you can start to...

Self-love is the instrument of our preservation.

Self-love is the instrument of our preservation.

It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of...

It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of...

Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.

Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.

He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend - provided, of course, that...

He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend - provided, of course, that...

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

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

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.

We are rarely proud when we are alone.

We are rarely proud when we are alone.