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.
لا تدفع مُسبقاً أبداً إذا أردتَ أن لا تلقى خدمة سيئة
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.
Life is but a series of misunderstandings.
There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge... observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation verifies the res...
The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers.
You risk just as much in being credulous as in being suspicious.
When science, art, literature, and philosophy are simply the manifestation of personality they are on a level where glorious and dazzling achievements are possible, which can make a man's name live fo...
Qui siedo sempre come un maestoso cazzo fra duoi coglioni. [...I always sit here like a majestic prick between two balls.]
Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure and if he does not hurt any living being, he is a holy man.
Our observation of nature must be diligent, our reflection profound, and our experiments exact. We rarely see these three means combined and for this reason, creative geniuses are not common.
كيف حاله؟ أفضل من الجميع . لقد مات!
Mind what you do; if you deceive me once I shall never believe you again.
La superstition est plus injurieuse à Dieu que l'athéisme.
Ik luister naar hem, en als hij de scène van de koppelaar en het meisje dat verleid wordt voordraagt, word ik door twee tegengestelde opwellingen aangegrepen, ik weet niet of ik moet lachen of kwaadwo...
Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory.
One swallows the lie that flatters, but sips the bitter truth drop by drop.
Ludzie, którzy coś powtarzają dwa razy, to głupcy mający za głupców tych, którzy ich słuchają
For me, my thoughts are my prostitutes.
The general interest of the masses might take the place of the insight of genius if it were allowed freedom of action.