Voltaire on guilty
Voltaire90 quotes“It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.”
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VoltaireVoltaire The more a man knows, the less he talks.
VoltaireVoltaire God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.
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VoltaireVoltaire The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor
VoltaireVoltaire I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
VoltaireVoltaire The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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VoltaireVoltaire It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.
VoltaireVoltaire Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
VoltaireVoltaire Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.
VoltaireVoltaire May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
VoltaireVoltaire Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.
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I am quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood. I had, as I now think vainly, flattered myself that without very much bloodshed it might be done.
John BrownJohn Brown Have absolutely no sense of guilt about being happy and successful if you operate honestly and with a sense of social responsibility.
Norman Vincent PealeNorman Vincent Peale I want to learn how to be more thankful for what I am, than guilty for what I’m not.
Lysa TerKeurstLysa TerKeurst I feel so guilty about the state of young people today. And I say that because our generation fought for everything. We fought to sit down at a counter, to sit on a bus. They were left with nothing to fight for.
Cicely TysonCicely Tyson The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer The hands of the guilty don’t necessarily tremble; only in stories does a dropped glass betray agitation. Tension is more often shown in the studied action.
Graham GreeneGraham Greene Whoever commits a fraud is guilty not only of the particular injury to him who he deceives, but of the diminution of that confidence which constitutes not only the ease but the existence of society.
Samuel JohnsonSamuel Johnson I feel guilty for being a member of the human race.
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