Pleasure is the object duty and the goal of all rational creatures.
The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important objects of philosophy.
Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe. It is not enough that a thing be possible for it to be believed.
I die adoring God loving my friends not hating my enemies and detesting superstition.
You (Pindar) who possessed the talent of speaking much without saying anything.
The best way to be boring is to leave nothing out.
He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend provided, of course, he really is dead.
Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they die.
Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare.
It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
The man who, in a fit of melancholy, kills himself today, would have wished to live had he waited a week.
Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
I do not know by what power I think; but well I know that I should never have thought without the assistance of my senses. That there are immaterial and intelligent substances I do not at all doubt; b...
Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn't illegal.
Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time.
All the known world excepting only savage nations is governed by books.
The world embarrasses me and I cannot dream That this watch exists and has no watchmaker.
Froth at the top dregs at bottom but the middle excellent.
If God made us in his image we have certainly returned the compliment.
The fate of a nation has often depended on the good or bad digestion of a prime minister.
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