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

Quote by Voltaire

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The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.

The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.

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

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...

It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of...

It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of...

Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable.

Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable.

He who has not the spirit of this age, has all the misery of it.

He who has not the spirit of this age, has all the misery of it.

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...

Very learned women are to be found, in the same manner as female warriors; but...

Very learned women are to be found, in the same manner as female warriors; but...

By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.

By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.

One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.

One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.

The very impossibility in which I find myself to prove that God is not, discovers...

The very impossibility in which I find myself to prove that God is not, discovers...

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...

In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from...

In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from...

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

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

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

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

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...

Common sense is not so common.

Common sense is not so common.

I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be...

I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be...

Live life fully while you're here. Experience everything. Take care of yourself and your friends....

Live life fully while you're here. Experience everything. Take care of yourself and your friends....

Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour.

Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour.