It is thus tolerance that is the source of peace, and intolerance that is the source of disorder and squabbling.

Quote by Pierre Bayle

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It is pure illusion to think that an opinion that passes down from century to...

It is pure illusion to think that an opinion that passes down from century to...

There is not less wit nor less invention in applying rightly a thought one finds...

There is not less wit nor less invention in applying rightly a thought one finds...

I know too much to be a sceptic and too little to be a dogmatist.

I know too much to be a sceptic and too little to be a dogmatist.

Properly speaking, history is nothing but the crimes and misfortunes of the human race.

Properly speaking, history is nothing but the crimes and misfortunes of the human race.

I am a good Protestant, and in the full sense of the term, for from...

I am a good Protestant, and in the full sense of the term, for from...

There is no less invention in aptly applying a thought found in a book, than...

There is no less invention in aptly applying a thought found in a book, than...

The antiquity and general acceptance of an opinion is not assurance of its truth.

The antiquity and general acceptance of an opinion is not assurance of its truth.