The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death.

Quote by Voltaire

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Now, now my good man, this is no time for making enemies.

Now, now my good man, this is no time for making enemies.

The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.

The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.

The ancients recommended us to sacrifice to the Graces, but Milton sacrificed to the Devil.

The ancients recommended us to sacrifice to the Graces, but Milton sacrificed to the Devil.

To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.

To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.

In this country it is a good thing to kill an admiral from time to...

In this country it is a good thing to kill an admiral from time to...

How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is...

How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is...

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.

Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable.

Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable.

Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of...

Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of...

Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce.

Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce.

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

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

Repose is a good thing, but boredom is its brother

Repose is a good thing, but boredom is its brother

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

I should like to lie at your feet and die in your arms.

I should like to lie at your feet and die in your arms.

We are rarely proud when we are alone.

We are rarely proud when we are alone.

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 little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be...

The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be...

Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.

Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.

Everything in excess is opposed to nature.

Everything in excess is opposed to nature.

The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused...

The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused...