Once the people begin to reason, all is lost

Quote by Voltaire

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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.

Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

A man loved by a beautiful woman will always get out of trouble

A man loved by a beautiful woman will always get out of trouble

Of all religions, Christianity is without a doubt the one that should inspire tolerance most,...

Of all religions, Christianity is without a doubt the one that should inspire tolerance most,...

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

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

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

Our country is that spot to which our heart is bound.

Our country is that spot to which our heart is bound.

I should like to lie at your feet and die in your arms.

I should like to lie at your feet and die in your arms.

One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words...

One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words...

Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without...

Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without...

In this country it is a good thing to kill an admiral from time to...

In this country it is a good thing to kill an admiral from time to...

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

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

Self-love is the instrument of our preservation.

Self-love is the instrument of our preservation.

The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to...

The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to...

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,...

It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity...

It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity...

The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.

The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.

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

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

I didn't practice abstinence, I perfected it.

I didn't practice abstinence, I perfected it.

Mourning your abstinence from junk food is like mourning the loss of an enemy who...

Mourning your abstinence from junk food is like mourning the loss of an enemy who...