In the case of news, we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation.

Quote by Voltaire

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

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

Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous.

Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous.

All murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of...

All murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of...

To enjoy life, we must touch much of it lightly.

To enjoy life, we must touch much of it lightly.

Minds differ still more than faces

Minds differ still more than faces

There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.

There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.

History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes.

History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes.

Illusion is the first of the pleasures

Illusion is the first of the pleasures

Common sense is not so common.

Common sense is not so common.

Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing...

Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing...

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 God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him

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

I hate women because they always know where things are.

I hate women because they always know where things are.

Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one...

Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one...

We cannot wish for that we know not.

We cannot wish for that we know not.

The history of human opinion is scarcely anything, more than the history of human errors

The history of human opinion is scarcely anything, more than the history of human errors

Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.

Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.

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.

When he to whom one speaks does not understand, and he who speaks himself does...

When he to whom one speaks does not understand, and he who speaks himself does...

Everything's fine today, that is our illusion.

Everything's fine today, that is our illusion.