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

Quote by Voltaire

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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...

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

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

It is as impossible to translate poetry as it is to translate music.

It is as impossible to translate poetry as it is to translate music.

The ear is the avenue to the heart.

The ear is the avenue to the heart.

Self-love is the instrument of our preservation.

Self-love is the instrument of our preservation.

I do not agree with a word that you say, but I will defend to...

I do not agree with a word that you say, but I will defend to...

It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only...

It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only...

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

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

Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous.

Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous.

I should like to lie at your feet and die in your arms.

I should like to lie at your feet and die in your arms.

Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without...

Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without...

He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is...

He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is...

If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.

If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.

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

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

The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can...

The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can...

The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing...

The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing...

The superfluous, a very necessary thing

The superfluous, a very necessary thing

The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force

The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force

Being an American is about having the right to be who you are. Sometimes that...

Being an American is about having the right to be who you are. Sometimes that...

Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health...

Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health...