It is the poverty connected with our species which subordinates one man to another. It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.

It is the characteristic of the most stringent censorships that they give credibility to the opinions they attack.

The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.

There are some that only employ words for the purpose of disguising their thoughts.

It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.

God created sex. Priests created marriage.

Everything I see about me is sowing the seeds of a revolution that is inevitable, though I shall not have the pleasure of seeing it. The lightning is so close at hand that it will strike at the first chance, and then there will be a pretty uproar. The young are fortunate, for they will see fine things.