To rise at six, to dine at ten, To sup at six, to sleep at ten, Makes a man live for ten times ten.
Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare.
If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
The hallmark of a free society is that I may totally disapprove of what you say, but I'll defend your right to say it until I die.
It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.
The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.
If the government ever imposes a tax on books - and I wouldn't put it past them - I'm in dead trouble.
It is curious how people take it for granted that they have a right to preach at you and pray over you as soon as your income falls below a certain level.
Nothing can be more readily disproved than the old saw, "You can't keep a good man down. " Most human societies have been beautifully organized to keep good men down.
The stress that some of us feel - it's a lack of faith, it really is.