No true believer could be intolerant or a persecutor. If I were a magistrate and the law carried the death penalty against atheists, I would begin by sending to the stake whoever denounced another.

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

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As soon as public service ceases to be the chief business of the citizens, and...

As soon as public service ceases to be the chief business of the citizens, and...

Truth is no road to fortune

Truth is no road to fortune

To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which...

To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which...

Free people, remember this maxim: We may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if...

Free people, remember this maxim: We may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if...

I have resolved on an enterprise that has no precedent and will have no imitator....

I have resolved on an enterprise that has no precedent and will have no imitator....

Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to...

Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to...

It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.

It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.

The person who has lived the most is not the one who has lived the...

The person who has lived the most is not the one who has lived the...

Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally...

Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally...

Childhood is the sleep of reason.C

Childhood is the sleep of reason.C

You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no...

You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no...

I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be described.

I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be described.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

I may not be better than other people, but at least I'm different.

I may not be better than other people, but at least I'm different.

Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right...

Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right...

It is a mania shared by philosophers of all ages to deny what exists and...

It is a mania shared by philosophers of all ages to deny what exists and...

Most nations, as well as people are impossible only in their youth; they become incorrigible...

Most nations, as well as people are impossible only in their youth; they become incorrigible...

Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what...

Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what...

God made me and broke the mold.

God made me and broke the mold.