What a fine comedy this world would be if one did not play a part in it.

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

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

All things must be examined, debated, investigated without exception and without regard for anyone's feelings.

Those who fear the facts will forever try to discredit the fact-finders.

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.

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

Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.

Oh! how near are genius and madness! Men imprison them and chain them, or raise statues to them.

In general, children, like men, and men, like children, prefer entertainment to education.

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.

Not kill us," Pigeon corrected. "She was mainly just trying to turn us into mindless slaves.

Kiss me, Hardy!’ Weren’t those Nelson’s last words at the Battle of Trafalgar? Don’t cry. We’re still alive and we make a sensational team.

Fate is written in the face.

Listening well and answering well is one of the greatest perfections that can be obtained in conversation.

Warfare has been marvelously developed. It will soon be impossible to raise it to further heights.

Friends don't need the intervention of a third party. Friendship's a voluntary thing.

Primates are very territorial. It is in their nature to protect their food resources as well as their females and young.

Two increasing themes which appear to dominate our listening, reading and watching lives are propaganda and 'national security', or manufactured war.

#3 pencils and quadrille pads.

The present, like a note in music, is nothing but as it appertains to what is past and what is to come.