Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.

Quote by Voltaire

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Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd, and bloody religion that has ever infected...

Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd, and bloody religion that has ever infected...

The sentiment of justice is so natural, and so universally acquired by all mankind, that...

The sentiment of justice is so natural, and so universally acquired by all mankind, that...

God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of...

God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of...

Appreciation is a wonderful thing; it makes what is excellent in others belong to us...

Appreciation is a wonderful thing; it makes what is excellent in others belong to us...

Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make...

Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make...

The superfluous, a very necessary thing.

The superfluous, a very necessary thing.

Men hate the individual whom they call avaricious only because nothing can be gained from...

Men hate the individual whom they call avaricious only because nothing can be gained from...

Clever tyrants are never punished.

Clever tyrants are never punished.

The Holy Roman Empire is neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire.

The Holy Roman Empire is neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire.

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

Common sense is not so common.

Common sense is not so common.

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment

Common sense is not so common.

Common sense is not so common.

Paradise was made for tender hearts; hell, for loveless hearts.

Paradise was made for tender hearts; hell, for loveless hearts.

Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them...

Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them...

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

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

Now, now my good man, this is no time for making enemies.

Now, now my good man, this is no time for making enemies.

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers

A good scientist is a person in whom the childhood quality of perennial curiosity lingers...

A good scientist is a person in whom the childhood quality of perennial curiosity lingers...

Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the pausing...

Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the pausing...

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers

If someone in your life talked to you the way you talk to yourself, you...

If someone in your life talked to you the way you talk to yourself, you...

Language most shows a man, speak that I may see thee.

Language most shows a man, speak that I may see thee.