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" Evil always turns up in this world through some genius or other. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest. "

" In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more than push it as far as it will go. "

" 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. "

" Watch out for the fellow who talks about putting things in order! Putting things in order always means getting other people under your control. "

" It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it. "

" Genius is present in every age, but the men carrying it within them remain benumbed unless extraordinary events occur to heat up and melt the mass so that it flows forth. "

" The decisions of law courts should never be printed: in the long run, they form a counter authority to the law. "

" The infant runs toward it with its eyes closed, the adult is stationary, the old man approaches it with his back turned. "

" The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. "

" Only a very bad theologian would confuse the certainty that follows revelation with the truths that are revealed. They are entirely different things. "

" There is only one passion, the passion for happiness. "

" Bad company is as instructive as licentiousness. One makes up for the loss of one's innocence with the loss of one's prejudices. "

" We are all instruments endowed with feeling and memory. Our senses are so many strings that are struck by surrounding objects and that also frequently strike themselves. "

" Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad. "

" You have to make it happen. "

" The first step towards philosophy is incredulity. "

" There is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in civilized societies. "

" The possibility of divorce renders both marriage partners stricter in their observance of the duties they owe to each other. Divorces help to improve morals and to increase the population. "

" Gaiety is a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine. "

" Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it. "

" We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter. "

" There is no good father who would want to resemble our Heavenly Father. "

" The pit of a theatre is the one place where the tears of virtuous and wicked men alike are mingled. "

" Every man has his dignity. I'm willing to forget mine, but at my own discretion and not when someone else tells me to. "

" It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all. "

" Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things. "

" There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge... observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation verifies the result of that combination. "

" No man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings. "