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

Quote by Voltaire

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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.

The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be...

The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be...

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.

The ear is the avenue to the heart.

The ear is the avenue to the heart.

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

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

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

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

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

It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.

It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.

I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which...

I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which...

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force

The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force

He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend - provided, of course, that...

He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend - provided, of course, that...

We cannot always oblige; but we can always speak obligingly.

We cannot always oblige; but we can always speak obligingly.

The sovereign is called a tyrant who knows no laws but his caprice.

The sovereign is called a tyrant who knows no laws but his caprice.

I know of no great men except those who have rendered great service to the...

I know of no great men except those who have rendered great service to the...

The best is the enemy of the good.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal...

Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal...

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 only way to win audiences is to tell people about the life and death...

The only way to win audiences is to tell people about the life and death...

I've always been the breadwinner and men don't like that. They turn on you. They...

I've always been the breadwinner and men don't like that. They turn on you. They...

Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable? Quite easily, I should think. All...

Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable? Quite easily, I should think. All...

That is the best - to laugh with someone because you both think the same...

That is the best - to laugh with someone because you both think the same...