Scepticism Is The First Step Towards Truth.

The Following General Definition Of An Animal: A System Of Different Organic Molecules That Have Combined With One Another, Under The Impulsion Of A Sensation Similar To An Obtuse And Muffled Sense Of Touch Given To Them By The Creator Of Matter As A Whole, Until Each One Of Them Has Found The Most Suitable Position For Its Shape And Comfort.

We Swallow Greedily Any Lie That Flatters Us, But We Sip Only Little By Little At A Truth We Find Bitter.

Are We Not Madder Than Those First Inhabitants Of The Plain Of Sennar? We Know That The Distance Separating The Earth From The Sky Is Infinite, And Yet We Do Not Stop Building Our Tower.

Disturbances In Society Are Never More Fearful Than When Those Who Are Stirring Up The Trouble Can Use The Pretext Of Religion To Mask Their True Designs.

We Are Constantly Railing Against The Passions; We Ascribe To Them All Of Man's Afflictions, And We Forget That They Are Also The Source Of All His Pleasures.