Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind.
The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to fight in.
I've decided to be happy because it's good for my health.
You are very harsh.''I have seen the world.
A witty saying proves nothing.
The best is the enemy of the good.
Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien. (The perfect is the enemy of the good.)
Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.
England has forty-two religions and only two sauces.
What's optimism? said Cacambo. Alas, said Candide, it is a mania for saying things are well when one is in hell.
Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
I tried to believe in God, but I confess to you that God meant nothing in my life, and that in my secret heart I too felt a void where my childhood faith had been. But probably this feeling belongs on...
Paradise was made for tender hearts; hell, for loveless hearts.
We are rarely proud when we are alone.
We look to Scotland for all our ideas of civilisation.
History should be written as philosophy.
The progress of rivers to the ocean is not so rapid as that of man to error.
An opportunity fordoing an injury happens a hundred times a day, hut for doing good not once a year," says Zoroaster.
He who is not just is severe, he who is not wise is sad.