War will disappear only when men shall take no part whatever in violence and shall be ready to suffer every persecution that their abstention will bring them. It is the only way to abolish war.

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The impotence of God is infinite

The impotence of God is infinite

Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.

Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.

We live too much in books and not enough in nature, and we are very...

We live too much in books and not enough in nature, and we are very...

Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned

Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned

The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.

The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.

Only men who are not interested in women are interested in women's clothes. Men who...

Only men who are not interested in women are interested in women's clothes. Men who...

The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of...

The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of...

Make love now, by night and by day, in winter and in summer... You are...

Make love now, by night and by day, in winter and in summer... You are...

A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.

A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.

It is only the poor who pay cash, and that not from virtue, but because...

It is only the poor who pay cash, and that not from virtue, but because...

Of all the sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.

Of all the sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.

You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to...

You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to...

Unhappiness does make people look stupid

Unhappiness does make people look stupid

Human affairs inspire in noble hearts only two feelingsÃ³admiration or pity.

Human affairs inspire in noble hearts only two feelingsÃ³admiration or pity.

Ignorance and error are necessary to life, like bread and water.

Ignorance and error are necessary to life, like bread and water.

We reproach people for talking about themselves; but it is the subject they treat best.

We reproach people for talking about themselves; but it is the subject they treat best.

What frightens us most in a madman is his sane conversation.

What frightens us most in a madman is his sane conversation.

Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom

Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom

What I lack in decorum, I make up for with an absence of tact.

What I lack in decorum, I make up for with an absence of tact.

My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch

My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch