Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time.
Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.
Common sense is not so common.
Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills.
I cannot imagine how the clockwork of the universe can exist without a clockmaker.
Je ne suis pas d'accord avec ce que vous dites, mais je d‚fendrai jusqu'... la mort le droit que vous avez de le dire/ I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it
The darkness is at its deepest. Just before the sunrise.
Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value - zero.
Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them.
Every man can educate himself. It's shameful to put one's mind into the hands of those whom you wouldn't entrust with your money. Dare to think for yourself.
The Bible. That is what fools have written, what imbeciles commend, what rogues teach and young children are made to learn by heart.
I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it.
God created sex. Priests created marriage.
As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities.
To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.
It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.
The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it.
Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need.
The biggest reward for a thing well done is to have done it.
No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the morning light, for your life and strength. Give thanks for your food, and the joy of living. Tecumseh Appreciation is a wonderful thing; it makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
The more you know, the less sure you are.
The tyranny of the many would be when one body takes over the rights of others, and then exercises its power to change the laws in its favor.
Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd and bloody religion that has ever infected the world.
Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day.
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