Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head.

Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head

Perhaps it is not without reason that we attribute facility in belief and conviction to simplicity and ignorance; for it seems to me I once learned that belief was sort of an impression made on our mind, and that the softer it is the less resistant t

When all is summed up, a man never speaks of himself without loss; his accusations of himself are always believed, his praises never

A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.

There is no man so good, who, were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to the laws, would not deserve hanging 10 times in his life.