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

Quote by Voltaire

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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...

The very impossibility in which I find myself to prove that God is not, discovers...

The very impossibility in which I find myself to prove that God is not, discovers...

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

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

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...

A woman can keep one secret - the secret of her age.

A woman can keep one secret - the secret of her age.

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.

God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.

God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.

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

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

Common sense is not so common.

Common sense is not so common.

Repose is a good thing, but boredom is its brother

Repose is a good thing, but boredom is its brother

Only your friends steal your books

Only your friends steal your books

Better is the enemy of good.

Better is the enemy of good.

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...

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

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

God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.

God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.

Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults...

Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults...

History is fables agreed upon.

History is fables agreed upon.

All the citizens of a state cannot be equally powerful, but they may be equally...

All the citizens of a state cannot be equally powerful, but they may be equally...

There, right in the midst of our lives, is that which satisfies the craving for...

There, right in the midst of our lives, is that which satisfies the craving for...

I believe in the necessity for struggle by people at the bottom of any society.

I believe in the necessity for struggle by people at the bottom of any society.