Individual misfortunes give rise to the general good; so that the more individual misfortunes exist, the more all is fine.

Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share; Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare.

What would constitute useful history? That which should teach us our duties and our rights, without appearing to teach them.

History is only the pattern of silken slippers descending the stairs to the thunder of hobnailed boots climbing upward from below.

There are men who can think no deeper than a fact.

When one man speaks to another man who doesn't understand him, and when a man who's speaking no longer understands, it's metaphysics.

Since the whole affair had become one of religion, the vanquished were of course exterminated.