It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one.

Quote by Voltaire

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When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.

When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.

Business is the salt of life.

Business is the salt of life.

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...

In this country it is a good thing to kill an admiral from time to...

In this country it is a good thing to kill an admiral from time to...

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: O Lord...

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: O Lord...

Illusion is the first of the pleasures

Illusion is the first of the pleasures

He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend; provided, of course, he really...

He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend; provided, of course, he really...

Common sense is not so common.

Common sense is not so common.

Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.

Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.

Of all religions, Christianity is without a doubt the one that should inspire tolerance most,...

Of all religions, Christianity is without a doubt the one that should inspire tolerance most,...

Tears are the silent language of grief.

Tears are the silent language of grief.

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.

Only your friends steal your books

Only your friends steal your books

We are rarely proud when we are alone.

We are rarely proud when we are alone.

Chance is a word void of sense; nothing can exist without a cause.

Chance is a word void of sense; nothing can exist without a cause.

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

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

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd

The superfluous, a very necessary thing.

The superfluous, a very necessary thing.

It is a scientific fact that your body will not absorb cholesterol if you take...

It is a scientific fact that your body will not absorb cholesterol if you take...

Live in danger. Build your cities on the slopes of Vesuvius.

Live in danger. Build your cities on the slopes of Vesuvius.