Tears are the silent language of grief.

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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...

Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning!...

Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning!...

I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition

I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition

The multitude of books is making us ignorant.

The multitude of books is making us ignorant.

Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing...

Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing...

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

Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.

Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.

It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.

It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.

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...

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.

Common sense is not so common.

Common sense is not so common.

Anyone who seeks to destroy the passions instead of controlling them is trying to play...

Anyone who seeks to destroy the passions instead of controlling them is trying to play...

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,...

The progress of rivers to the ocean is not so rapid as that of man...

The progress of rivers to the ocean is not so rapid as that of man...

Illusion is the first of the pleasures

Illusion is the first of the pleasures

Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us...

Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us...

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.

Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.

Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.

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...