“Of Optimism I have said that "The world is the best of all possible worlds, and everything in it is a necessary evil."”
“I will begin with the self-styled "Christian" party, who profess to base their morality on the New Testament. But whether it is really more Christian to follow or to ignore the teachings of the Gospels I shall not discuss.”
“There are persons who, when they cease to shock us, cease to interest us.”
“Our live experiences, fixed in aphorisms, stiffen into cold epigrams. Our heart’s blood, as we write it, turns to mere dull ink.”
“The deadliest foe to virtue would be complete self-knowledge.”
““Adam knew Eve his wife and she conceived.” It is a pity that this is still the only knowledge of their wives at which some men seem to arrive.”
Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.
