| Quotes |
Topic |
| Metaphysics | When he to whom a person speaks does not understand, and he who speaks does not understand himself, that is metaphysics. |
| Miracles | As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities. |
| Morality | All sects are different, because they come from men; morality is everywhere the same, because it comes from God. |
| Nature | What is tolerance? -- it is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly -- that is the first law of nature. |
| Opinions | Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes. |
| Originality | Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. |
| Perfection | Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time. |
| Prejudice | Prejudices are what fools use for reason. |
| Pride | The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great. |
| Public Speaking | The public is a ferocious beast: one must either chain it up or flee from it. |
| Question | Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers. |
| Question | He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked. |
| Questions | He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked. |
| Reason | Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason. |
| Reform | Every abuse ought to be reformed, unless the reform is more dangerous than the abuse itself. |
| Rest | Rest is a good thing, but boredom is its brother. |
| Romance | Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults of those beloved. He has wings, he comes quickly and flies away the same. |
| Superstition | Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy; the mad daughter of a wise mother. |
| Theory | Let us work without theorizing, 'Tis the only way to make life endurable. |
| Truth | There are truths that are not for all men, nor for all times. |
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