Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild.
أدركتُ أن قول الحقيقة وحدها لا يكفي ، بل ينبغي أيضاً أن يكون طريفا
No man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings.
Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.
All things must be examined, debated, investigated without exception and without regard for anyone's feelings.
We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.
The best doctor is the one you run to and can't find.
Scepticism is the first step towards truth.
There is only one passion, the passion for happiness.
ليس من الناس من يهوى المشي أكثر من العُرج
Un despote ne doit pas obtenir du crédit.
How had they met? By chance, like everybody else. What were there names? What's it to you? Where were they coming from? From the nearest place. Where were they going? Does anyone really know where the...
Oh! how near are genius and madness! Men imprison them and chain them, or raise statues to them.
You have to make it happen.
The best doctor is the one you run for and can't find.
Whether God exists or does not exist, He has come to rank among the most sublime and useless truths.
Disturbances in society are never more fearful than when those who are stirring up the trouble can use the pretext of religion to mask their true designs.
There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge... observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation verifies the res...
Distance is a great promoter of admiration!
Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those who obey.