You Can Be Sure That A Painter

We Are Constantly Railing Against The Passions; We Ascribe To Them All Of Man's Afflictions, And We Forget That They Are Also The Source Of All His Pleasures.

Only God And Some Few Rare Geniuses Can Keep Forging Ahead Into Novelty.

Which Is The Greater Merit, To Enlighten The Human Race, Which Remains Forever, Or To Save One's Fatherland, Which Is Perishable?

If Reason Be A Gift Of Heaven, And We Can Say As Much Of Faith, Heaven Has Certainly Made Us Two Gifts Not Only Incompatible, But In Direct Contradiction To Each Other. In Order To Solve The Difficulty, We Are Compelled To Say Either That Faith Is A Chimera Or That Reason Is Useless.

The Most Dangerous Madmen Are Those Created By Religion, And People Whose Aim Is To Disrupt Society Always Know How To Make Good Use Of Them On Occasion.