Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

Quote by Voltaire

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It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large...

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large...

All styles are good except the tiresome kind.

All styles are good except the tiresome kind.

To hold a pen is to be at war.

To hold a pen is to be at war.

I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the...

I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the...

I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be...

I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be...

Now, now my good man, this is no time for making enemies.

Now, now my good man, this is no time for making enemies.

If there were no God, it would be necessary to invent him.

If there were no God, it would be necessary to invent him.

What then do you call your soul? What idea have you of it? You cannot...

What then do you call your soul? What idea have you of it? You cannot...

Now, now my good man, this is no time for making enemies.

Now, now my good man, this is no time for making enemies.

The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.

The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.

Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass...

Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass...

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.

Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise...

Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise...

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

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

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

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

Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass...

Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass...

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...

He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked

He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked

I do not approve of anything which tampers with natural ignorance

I do not approve of anything which tampers with natural ignorance

So long as the mother, Ignorance, lives, it is not safe for Science, the offspring,...

So long as the mother, Ignorance, lives, it is not safe for Science, the offspring,...

The liturgy, like the feast, exists not to educate but to seduce people into participating...

The liturgy, like the feast, exists not to educate but to seduce people into participating...