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

Quote by Pierre Bayle

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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...

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

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

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...

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.

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.

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...

We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are,...

We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are,...

For mine own part, it was Greek to me

For mine own part, it was Greek to me

Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.

Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.

He (President Abraham Lincoln) has a face like a hoosier Michael Angelo, so awful ugly...

He (President Abraham Lincoln) has a face like a hoosier Michael Angelo, so awful ugly...

Public opinion is stronger than the legislature, and nearly as strong as the ten commandments

Public opinion is stronger than the legislature, and nearly as strong as the ten commandments

Public opinion is the greatest force for good, when it happens to be on our...

Public opinion is the greatest force for good, when it happens to be on our...

I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken...

I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken...

While most peoples' opinions change, the conviction of their correctness never does

While most peoples' opinions change, the conviction of their correctness never does

A good listener tries to understand what the other person is saying. In the end...

A good listener tries to understand what the other person is saying. In the end...

Public opinion, though often formed upon a wrong basis, yet generally has a strong underlying...

Public opinion, though often formed upon a wrong basis, yet generally has a strong underlying...

My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind...

My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind...

Opinion governs all mankind, like the blind's leading of the blind

Opinion governs all mankind, like the blind's leading of the blind

Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead...

Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead...