1、友谊是灵魂的结合,这个结合是可以离异的,这是两个敏感,正直的人之间心照不宣的契约。
3、Work saves us from three great evils: boredom, vice and need. ----《老实人》
4、除了懒人之外,所有的人都是善良的。 假使你不愿自杀,你最好找点工作做。
5、我们所有的人都有缺点和错误,让我们互相原谅彼此的愚蠢,这是自然的第一法则。
6、To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.
7、无论人类的哪个属类,都比懒怠的种族好。
8、什么是宽容?宽容是人性的附属物。我们满是弱点和错误,让我们为我们的愚蠢互相原谅吧。 ----《自由主义的两张面孔》
10、Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills.
11、做一个惹人厌烦的人的秘诀就是告诉别人一切。
12、世界上本来就没有神,但可别告诉我的仆人,免得他半夜偷偷把我宰了。
13、能言善辩并不能证明什么
14、美德与过恶,道德上的善与恶,都是对社会有利或有害的行为;在任何地点,在任何时代,为公益作出最大牺牲的人,都是人们称为最道德的人。
15、书使人心明眼亮。
16、Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.
17、人的本能是追逐从他身边飞走的东西,却逃避追逐他的东西。
20、Voltaire
I believe that there never was a creator of a philosophical system who did not confess at the end of his life that he had wasted his time. It must be admitted that the inventors of the mechanical arts have been much more useful to men that the inventors of syllogisms. He who imagined a ship towers
23、感觉绝不是主观自生的,而是外物作用于感官的结果。 ----《哲学书简》
24、一切享有各种天然能力人,显然都是平等的,当他们发挥各种动物机能的时候,以及用他们的理智的时候,他们是平等的。
26、爱情好比鼓动的风,有时大风大浪,全舟覆没;但没有风,船又不能行动。胆汁使人愤怒,使人得病;但没有又不能活命。世界上没有一件东西不危险,又没有一样东西少的了。
27、Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.