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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It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad...

It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad...

If you want good laws, burn those you have and make new ones.

If you want good laws, burn those you have and make new ones.

Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes.

Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes.

I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be...

I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be...

Prejudice is an opinion without judgment

Prejudice is an opinion without judgment

Minds differ still more than faces

Minds differ still more than faces

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...

History is fables agreed upon.

History is fables agreed upon.

Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.

Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.

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...

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...

Only your friends steal your books.

Only your friends steal your books.

Regimen is superior to medicine, especially as, from time immemorial, out of every hundred physicians,...

Regimen is superior to medicine, especially as, from time immemorial, out of every hundred physicians,...

Clever tyrants are never punished.

Clever tyrants are never punished.

Tears are the silent language of grief

Tears are the silent language of grief

The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force

The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force

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

It is as impossible to translate poetry as it is to translate music.

It is as impossible to translate poetry as it is to translate music.

My arms have mutinied against me brutes! My fingers fidget like ten idle brats, My...

My arms have mutinied against me brutes! My fingers fidget like ten idle brats, My...

The poetry of the earth is never dead.

The poetry of the earth is never dead.