[voltaire probably was element water, playing fire = cardinal water = cancer]

To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.

It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.

Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too. [classic liberal?]

It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.

Democracy is just a filler for textbooks! Do you actually believe that public opinion influences the government?

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets. [serial murder vs mass murder]

Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too. [classic liberal?]

God created sex. Priests created marriage. [monogamy]

If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him. [the natural need for mysticism]

We are all guilty of the good we did not do

What can you say to a man who tells you he prefers obeying God rather than men, and that as a result he's certain he'll go to heaven if he cuts your throat? [hostility with pseudo-reasons]

It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce. [soft skills]

Beware of the words "internal security," for they are the eternal cry of the oppressor.

Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game. [nature vs art]

Best is the enemy of good. [perfection vs compromise]

The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing. [know vs feel]

Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices. [idealism]

Prejudices are what fools use for reason.






