Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.
The famous physician Dumoulin said when dying, 'I leave two great physicians behind me, simple food and pure water.'
It is the triumph of superior reason to live with folks who don't have any.
Every sensible man, every honorable man, must hold the Christian sect in horror.
Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the most tolerance, but until now Christians have been the most intolerant of all men.
The wicked can have only accomplices, the voluptuous have companions in debauchery, self-seekers have associates, the politic assemble the factions, the typical idler has connections, princes have courtiers. Only the virtuous have friends.