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

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" If there is one realm in which it is essential to be sublime, it is in wickedness. You spit on a petty thief, but you can't deny a kind of respect for the great criminal. "

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

" Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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 for thousands of years. "

" Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory. "

" The God of the Christians is a father who makes much of his apples, and very little of his children. "

" All abstract sciences are nothing but the study of relations between signs. "

" When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry, in painting, and in music. "

" Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy. "

" The general interest of the masses might take the place of the insight of genius if it were allowed freedom of action. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey. "

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

" We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates. "

" 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 best doctor is the one you run to and can't find. "

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

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

" 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. "

" The first step towards philosophy is incredulity. "

" Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild. "