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If Reason Be A Gift Of Heaven, And We Can Say As Much Of Faith, Heaven Has Certainly Made Us Two Gifts Not Only Incompatible, But In Direct Contradiction To Each Other. In Order To Solve The Difficulty, We Are Compelled To Say Either That Faith Is A Chimera Or That Reason Is Useless.

Oh! How Near Are Genius And Madness! Men Imprison Them And Chain Them, Or Raise Statues To Them.

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.

The Possibility Of Divorce Renders Both Marriage Partners Stricter In Their Observance Of The Duties They Owe To Each Other. Divorces Help To Improve Morals And To Increase The Population.

If Ever Anybody Dedicated His Whole Life To The "enthusiasm For Truth And Justice" Using This Phrase In The Good Sense It Was Diderot.