The ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.

Quote by Voltaire

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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

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.

God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves...

God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves...

Prejudice is an opinion without judgment

Prejudice is an opinion without judgment

Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal...

Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal...

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.

The history of human opinion is scarcely anything, more than the history of human errors

The history of human opinion is scarcely anything, more than the history of human errors

He who has not the spirit of this age, has all the misery of it.

He who has not the spirit of this age, has all the misery of it.

The sentiment of justice is so natural, and so universally acquired by all mankind, that...

The sentiment of justice is so natural, and so universally acquired by all mankind, that...

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

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

Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?

Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?

When he to whom one speaks does not understand, and he who speaks himself does...

When he to whom one speaks does not understand, and he who speaks himself does...

What a heavy burden is a name that has become famous too soon.

What a heavy burden is a name that has become famous too soon.

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...

Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference

Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference

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...

Weakness on both sides is, as we know, the motto of all quarrels.

Weakness on both sides is, as we know, the motto of all quarrels.

The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on...

The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on...

The ear is the avenue to the heart.

The ear is the avenue to the heart.