Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom.
Religion has done love a great service by making it a sin.
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
There is a certain impertinence in allowing oneself to be burned for an opinion.
When a history book contains no lies it is always tedious.
The heart errs like the head; its errors are not any the less fatal, and we have more trouble getting free of them because of their sweetness.