Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

Quote by Voltaire

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Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.

Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.

To believe in God is impossible not to believe in Him is absurd.

To believe in God is impossible not to believe in Him is absurd.

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,...

Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they...

Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they...

Business is the salt of life.

Business is the salt of life.

A witty saying proves nothing.

A witty saying proves nothing.

God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.

God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.

Let us read and let us dance - two amusements that will never do any...

Let us read and let us dance - two amusements that will never do any...

Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too

Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too

Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them

Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them

The ladder of success must be set upon something solid before you can start to...

The ladder of success must be set upon something solid before you can start to...

A yawn may not be polite, but at least it is an honest opinion

A yawn may not be polite, but at least it is an honest opinion

Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too.

Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too.

The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.

The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.

The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can...

The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can...

To hold a pen is to be at war.

To hold a pen is to be at war.

Thinking is the greatest torture in the world for most people.

Thinking is the greatest torture in the world for most people.

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment

They are playing politics with this issue, and sending mixed signals to our troops and...

They are playing politics with this issue, and sending mixed signals to our troops and...

We are easily shocked by crimes which appear at once in their full magnitude, but...

We are easily shocked by crimes which appear at once in their full magnitude, but...

Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has...

Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has...

The Will of Man Is Stronger Than Iron Bars.

The Will of Man Is Stronger Than Iron Bars.