“It is not improbable that in hot countries, monkeys may have enslaved girls.”
“Indolence is sweet, and its consequence bitter.”
Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable.
“People will continue to commit atrocities as long as they believe in absurdities.”
“We are at the end of all our troubles, and at the beginning of happiness”
Perfection is attained by slow degrees; she requires the hand of time.
No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.
It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
Whatever you do, crush the infamous thing, and love those who love you.
Divorce is probably of nearly the same date as marriage. I believe, however, that marriage is some weeks the more ancient.
Illusion is the first of all pleasures.
The ancients recommended us to sacrifice to the Graces, but Milton sacrificed to the Devil.
The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death.
“In the beginning God created man in His own image, and man has been trying to repay the favor ever since.”
“The heart has its own reasons that reason can't understand.”
It is one of the superstitions of mankind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue.
A single part of physics occupies the lives of many men, and often leaves them dying in uncertainty.
It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue.
God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.
The multitude of books is making us ignorant.
“To believe in God is impossible not to believe in Him is absurd."
“All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God.”
“If you want good laws, burn those you have and make new ones.”