It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.

Quote by Voltaire

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We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongue,...

We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongue,...

We are rarely proud when we are alone.

We are rarely proud when we are alone.

All styles are good except the tiresome kind.

All styles are good except the tiresome kind.

It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.

It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.

Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share; Be...

Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share; Be...

Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning!...

Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning!...

What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss...

What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss...

Let us read and let us dance - two amusements that will never do any...

Let us read and let us dance - two amusements that will never do any...

Repose is a good thing, but boredom is its brother

Repose is a good thing, but boredom is its brother

We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.

We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.

Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.

Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.

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...

Paradise was made for tender hearts; hell, for loveless hearts.

Paradise was made for tender hearts; hell, for loveless hearts.

May God defend me from my friends; I can defend myself from my enemies.

May God defend me from my friends; I can defend myself from my enemies.

The progress of rivers to the ocean is not so rapid as that of man...

The progress of rivers to the ocean is not so rapid as that of man...

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

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

Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool.

Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool.

To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.

To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.

The truth is cruel, but it can be loved and it makes free those who...

The truth is cruel, but it can be loved and it makes free those who...

The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with the joy of...

The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with the joy of...