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

Quote by Voltaire

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I know of nothing more laughable than a doctor who does not die of old...

I know of nothing more laughable than a doctor who does not die of old...

He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is...

He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is...

He shines in the second rank, who is eclipsed in the first.

He shines in the second rank, who is eclipsed in the first.

Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense

Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense

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.

We cannot wish for that we know not.

We cannot wish for that we know not.

If the people we love are stolen from us, the way to have them live...

If the people we love are stolen from us, the way to have them live...

Prejudice is an opinion without judgment

Prejudice is an opinion without judgment

It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.

It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.

Prejudice is the reason of fools

Prejudice is the reason of fools

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

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

Nature has always had more force than education.

Nature has always had more force than education.

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

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

Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly

Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly

Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool.

Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool.

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.

Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.

Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.

The ancients recommended us to sacrifice to the Graces, but Milton sacrificed to the Devil.

The ancients recommended us to sacrifice to the Graces, but Milton sacrificed to the Devil.

We must cultivate our own garden. When man was put in the garden of Eden...

We must cultivate our own garden. When man was put in the garden of Eden...

All murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of...

All murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of...