Injustice in the end produces independence.

Quote by Voltaire

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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.

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

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

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment

It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity...

It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity...

A man loved by a beautiful woman will always get out of trouble.

A man loved by a beautiful woman will always get out of trouble.

This self-love is the instrument of our preservation; it resembles the provision for the perpetuity...

This self-love is the instrument of our preservation; it resembles the provision for the perpetuity...

Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.

Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.

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

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

It is the flash which appears, the thunderbolt will follow.

It is the flash which appears, the thunderbolt will follow.

It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity...

It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity...

Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous.

Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous.

Poetry is the music of the soul, and, above all, of great and feeling souls.

Poetry is the music of the soul, and, above all, of great and feeling souls.

Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed from one another. The...

Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed from one another. The...

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...

An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.

An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.

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.

The superfluous, a very necessary thing

The superfluous, a very necessary thing

Pleasure is the object, duty and the goal of all rational creatures.

Pleasure is the object, duty and the goal of all rational creatures.

Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true...

Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true...

Give all to love; obey thy heart.

Give all to love; obey thy heart.

With the catching ends the pleasure of the chase

With the catching ends the pleasure of the chase