Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors.

Quote by Voltaire

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We must cultivate our own garden. When man was put in the garden of Eden...

We must cultivate our own garden. When man was put in the garden of Eden...

As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities.

As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities.

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

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

Do well and you will have no need for ancestors.

Do well and you will have no need for ancestors.

Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung.

Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung.

Once the people begin to reason, all is lost

Once the people begin to reason, all is lost

The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent...

The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent...

Society therefore is an ancient as the world.

Society therefore is an ancient as the world.

The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing...

The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing...

History is fables agreed upon.

History is fables agreed upon.

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...

Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous.

Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous.

Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal...

Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal...

The flowery style is not unsuitable to public speeches or addresses, which amount only to...

The flowery style is not unsuitable to public speeches or addresses, which amount only to...

Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense

Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense

To the wicked, everything serves as pretext.

To the wicked, everything serves as pretext.

A man loved by a beautiful woman will always get out of trouble.

A man loved by a beautiful woman will always get out of trouble.

Self-love is the instrument of our preservation.

Self-love is the instrument of our preservation.

Let's commit the perfect crime, I'll steal your heart and you'll steal mine.

Let's commit the perfect crime, I'll steal your heart and you'll steal mine.

Love is the rose. Lust is the thorn.

Love is the rose. Lust is the thorn.