What then do you call your soul? What idea have you of it? You cannot of yourselves, without revelation, admit the existence within you of anything but a power unknown to you of feeling and thinking.

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Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd

My life is a struggle.

My life is a struggle.

I advise you to go on living solely to enrage those who are paying your...

I advise you to go on living solely to enrage those who are paying your...

Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the most tolerance, but until now...

Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the most tolerance, but until now...

Illusion is the first of the pleasures

Illusion is the first of the pleasures

What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous.

What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous.

It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.

It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.

It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only...

It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only...

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.

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

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

If there were no God, it would have been necessary to invent him.

If there were no God, it would have been necessary to invent him.

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.

May god defend me from my friends; I can defend myself from my enemies.

May god defend me from my friends; I can defend myself from my enemies.

If there were no God, it would be necessary to invent him.

If there were no God, it would be necessary to invent him.

History should be written as philosophy.

History should be written as philosophy.

Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference

Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference

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!...

Weakness on both sides is, as we know, the motto of all quarrels.

Weakness on both sides is, as we know, the motto of all quarrels.

In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from...

In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from...

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.