It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.

Quote by Voltaire

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Every one goes astray, but the least imprudent are they who repent the soonest.

Every one goes astray, but the least imprudent are they who repent the soonest.

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

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...

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.

Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference

Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference

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...

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

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

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.

It is said that the present is pregnant with the future.

It is said that the present is pregnant with the future.

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.

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd

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

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

Use do not abuse, neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.

Use do not abuse, neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.

There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.

There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.

Clever tyrants are never punished.

Clever tyrants are never punished.

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...

The secret of being a bore... is to tell everything.

The secret of being a bore... is to tell everything.

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

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

Business is the salt of life.

Business is the salt of life.