The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find no difference between men.
Je ne crois que les temoins qui se font egorger.
Man is only a reed, the weakest in nature, but he is a thinking reed. There is no need for the whole universe to take up arms to crush him: a vapour, a drop of water is enough to kill him. but even if the universe were to crush him, man would still be nobler than his slayer, because he knows that he is dying and the advantage the universe has over him. The universe knows none of this.
All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.
Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.
To make light of philosophy is to be a true philosopher.
You always admire what you really don't understand.
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