If there were no God, it would have been necessary to invent him.

Quote by Voltaire

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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...

Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce.

Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce.

To hold a pen is to be at war.

To hold a pen is to be at war.

Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

We cannot always oblige; but we can always speak obligingly.

We cannot always oblige; but we can always speak obligingly.

Our country is that spot to which our heart is bound.

Our country is that spot to which our heart is bound.

Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal...

Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal...

The world embarrasses me, and I cannot dream that this watch exists and has no...

The world embarrasses me, and I cannot dream that this watch exists and has no...

What then do you call your soul? What idea have you of it? You cannot...

What then do you call your soul? What idea have you of it? You cannot...

It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.

It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.

Illusion is the first of the pleasures

Illusion is the first of the pleasures

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.

Love truth, and pardon error.

Love truth, and pardon error.

Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense

Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense

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...

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them

Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them

We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved.

We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved.

Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal...

Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal...

Weakness on both sides is, as we know, the motto of all quarrels.

Weakness on both sides is, as we know, the motto of all quarrels.