Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.
The best order of things, as I see it, is the one that includes me; to hell with the most perfect of worlds, if I’m not part of it.
Si en este mundo no se dice casi nada que sea escuchado como debiera, hay algo mucho peor, y es que no se hace casi nada que sea juzgado tal y como se ha hecho.
Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.
Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.
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.
From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.
It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire.
First of all move me, surprise me, rend my heart; make me tremble, weep, shudder; outrage me; delight my eyes afterwards if you can.
La poe sie veutquelque chose d’e norme, debarbare et de sauvage. Poetry needs something on the scale of the grand, the barbarous, the savage.
There is only one passion, the passion for happiness.
Doctors are always working to preserve our health and cooks to destroy it, but the latter are the more often successful.