Civilization is a hopeless race to discover remedies for the evils it produces.
All kinds of frankness and honesty are terrible crimes in the eyes of society.
Socrates dies with honor, surrounded by his disciples listening to the most tender words -the easiest death that one could wish to die. Jesus dies in pain, dishonor, mockery, the object of universal cursing - the most horrible death that one could fear. At the receipt of the cup of poison, Socrates blesses him who could not give it to him without tears; Jesus, while suffering the sharpest pains, prays for His most bitter enemies. If Socrates lived and died like a philosopher, Jesus lived and died like a god.
The animals you eat are not those who devour others; you do not eat the carnivorous beasts, you take them as your pattern. You only hunger for the sweet and gentle creatures which harm no one, which follow you, serve you, and are devoured by you as the reward of their service.
Reason deceives us; conscience, never.
No one is happy unless he respects himself.
Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect.
Living is not breathing but doing.
It is hard to prevent oneself from believing what one so keenly desires.
Liberty may be gained, but can never be recovered.
The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.
There is a period in life when we go backwards as we advance.
Do not base your life on the judgments of others; first, because they are as likely to be mistaken as you are, and further, because you cannot know that they are telling you their true thoughts.
It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.
The greatest braggarts are usually the biggest cowards.
The visible order of the universe proclaims a supreme intelligence.
Supreme happiness consists in self-content.
We are reduced to asking others what we are. We never dare to ask ourselves.
Do you not know...that a child badly taught is farther from being wise than one not taught at all?
Truth is an homage that the good man pays to his own dignity.
Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves.
The money that we possess is the instrument of liberty, that which we lack and strive to obtain is the instrument of slavery.
The mind grows narrow in proportion as the soul grows corrupt.
It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized and united for specific action, and a minority can.
Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost.
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