Voltaire ( 10 of 94 )
Common sense is not so common.
Common sense is not so common.
Every abuse ought to be reformed, unless the reform is more dangerous than the abuse itself.
Every abuse ought to be reformed, unless the reform is more dangerous than the abuse itself.
If God has created us in His image, we have more than returned the compliment.
If God has created us in His image, we have more than returned the compliment.
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
Originality is nothing by judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.
Originality is nothing by judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.
Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively
Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively
It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier read more
It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge
When he to whom a person speaks does not understand, and he who speaks does not understand himself, that is read more
When he to whom a person speaks does not understand, and he who speaks does not understand himself, that is metaphysics.
The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force.
The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force.
It requires ages to destroy a popular opinion
It requires ages to destroy a popular opinion
