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.

Quote by Voltaire

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Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.

Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.

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.

Let us read and let us dance - two amusements that will never do any...

Let us read and let us dance - two amusements that will never do any...

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

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

The best way to be boring is to leave nothing out.

The best way to be boring is to leave nothing out.

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us...

Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us...

When he who hears does not know what he who speaks means, and when he...

When he who hears does not know what he who speaks means, and when he...

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.

Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.

Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.

It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of...

It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of...

It is said that the present is pregnant with the future.

It is said that the present is pregnant with the future.

Inspiration: A peculiar effect of divine flatulence emitted by the Holy Spirit which hisses into...

Inspiration: A peculiar effect of divine flatulence emitted by the Holy Spirit which hisses into...

If you want good laws, burn those you have and make new ones.

If you want good laws, burn those you have and make new ones.

To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also...

To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also...

The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay all it possibly...

The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay all it possibly...

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...

I wanted to convince you that you must learn to make every act count, since...

I wanted to convince you that you must learn to make every act count, since...

You live but once; you might as well be amusing.

You live but once; you might as well be amusing.

We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to...

We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to...