When he to whom one speaks does not understand, and he who speaks himself does not understand, that is Metaphysics.
We’re neither pure, nor wise, nor good; we do the best we know.
History is the study of the world's crime
He who has heard the same thing told by 12,000 eye-witnesses has only 12,000 probabilities, which are equal to one strong probability, which is far from certain.
All the citizens of a state cannot be equally powerful, but they may be equally free
Whenever an important event, a revolution, or a calamity turns to the profit of the church, such is always signalised as the Finger of God.