The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be contrary to it. Oppositions of colors contrast; but there are also colors contrary to each other, that is, which produce an ill effect because they…

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Once the people begin to reason, all is lost

Once the people begin to reason, all is lost

It is not love that should be depicted as blind, but self-love.

It is not love that should be depicted as blind, but self-love.

Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make...

Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make...

Self-love is the instrument of our preservation.

Self-love is the instrument of our preservation.

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.

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

Fear follows crime and is its punishment.

Fear follows crime and is its punishment.

I do not agree with a word that you say, but I will defend to...

I do not agree with a word that you say, but I will defend to...

Thinking is the greatest torture in the world for most people.

Thinking is the greatest torture in the world for most people.

An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.

An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.

God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of...

God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of...

A long dispute means both parties are wrong

A long dispute means both parties are wrong

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.

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

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

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!...

The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.

The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.

Nature has always had more force than education.

Nature has always had more force than education.

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...

Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.