He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
Wherever my travels may lead, paradise is where I am.
Which is more dangerous: fanaticism or atheism? Fanaticism is certainly a thousand times more deadly; for atheism inspires no bloody passion whereas fanaticism does; atheism is opposed to crime and fanaticism causes crimes to be committed.
Present opportunities are not to be neglected; they rarely visit us twice.
What is madness? To have erroneous perceptions and to reason correctly from them.
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.
To the wicked, everything serves as pretext.
The perfect is the enemy of the good.
May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them
The Jews are of all peoples the grosses, the most ferocious, the most fanatical, and the most absurd.
Writing is the painting of the voice.
The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.
All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women.
Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
What can you say to a man who tells you he prefers obeying God rather than men, and that as a result he's certain he'll go to heaven if he cuts your throat?
Earth is an insane asylum, to which the other planets deport their lunatics.
Time is man's most precious asset. All men neglect it; all regret the loss of it; nothing can be done without it.
Among the illusions which have invested our civilization is an absolute belief that the solutions to our problems must be a more determined application of rationally organized expertise... The reality is that our problems are largely the product of that application.
We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies - it is the first law of nature.
There is no such thing as an accident. What we call by that name is the effect of some cause which we do not see.
If we believe absurdities, we shall commit atrocities.
Twenty-volume folios will never make a revolution. It’s the little pocket pamphlets that are to be feared.
Every one should be his own physician. We ought to assist, and not to force nature. Eat with moderation...Nothing is good for the body but what we can digest. What medicine can procure digestion? Exercise. What will recruit strength? Sleep.
The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death.
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