The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all.

Quote by Voltaire

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Once the people begin to reason, all is lost

Once the people begin to reason, all is lost

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...

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 atheists are for the most part impudent and misguided scholars who reason badly, and...

The atheists are for the most part impudent and misguided scholars who reason badly, and...

We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our...

We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our...

By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.

By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.

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

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

All styles are good except the tiresome kind.

All styles are good except the tiresome kind.

There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.

There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.

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...

The great consolation in life is to say what one thinks.

The great consolation in life is to say what one thinks.

Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.

Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.

Poetry is the music of the soul, and, above all, of great and feeling souls.

Poetry is the music of the soul, and, above all, of great and feeling souls.

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...

Self-love is the instrument of our preservation.

Self-love is the instrument of our preservation.

The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself.

The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself.

Fear follows crime and is its punishment.

Fear follows crime and is its punishment.

In the case of news, we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation.

In the case of news, we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation.

The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing...

The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing...

Everything's fine today, that is our illusion.

Everything's fine today, that is our illusion.