The superfluous, a very necessary thing

Quote by Voltaire

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The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to...

The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to...

It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.

It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.

History is fables agreed upon.

History is fables agreed upon.

Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd, and bloody religion that has ever infected...

Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd, and bloody religion that has ever infected...

Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous.

Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous.

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

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

Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.

Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.

Self-love is the instrument of our preservation.

Self-love is the instrument of our preservation.

Common sense is not so common.

Common sense is not so common.

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

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

I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the...

I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the...

The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can...

The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can...

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

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

Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung.

Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung.

All the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books.

All the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books.

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.

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: O Lord...

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: O Lord...

If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.

If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.

All that God requires of us is an opportunity to show what He can do

All that God requires of us is an opportunity to show what He can do

Fear created the first gods in the world

Fear created the first gods in the world