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

Quote by Voltaire

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

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

Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense.

Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense.

The man who ventures to write contemporary history must expect to be attacked both for...

The man who ventures to write contemporary history must expect to be attacked both for...

Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults...

Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults...

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

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

All sects differ, because they come from men; morality is everywhere the same, because it...

All sects differ, because they come from men; morality is everywhere the same, because it...

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment

Prejudice is the reason of fools

Prejudice is the reason of fools

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

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

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

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

Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time

Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time

When he to whom one speaks does not understand, and he who speaks himself does...

When he to whom one speaks does not understand, and he who speaks himself does...

Poetry is the music of the soul, and, above all, of great and feeling souls.

Poetry is the music of the soul, and, above all, of great and feeling souls.

It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part,...

It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part,...

Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need

Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need

To rely upon conviction, devotion, and other excellent spiritual qualities - that is not to...

To rely upon conviction, devotion, and other excellent spiritual qualities - that is not to...

I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom.

I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom.

Repose is a good thing, but boredom is its brother

Repose is a good thing, but boredom is its brother

The afternoon passed more slowly than a walnut-sized kidney stone.

The afternoon passed more slowly than a walnut-sized kidney stone.

You'll find boredom where there is the absence of a good idea

You'll find boredom where there is the absence of a good idea