More from "La Bégueule" (Contes, 1772)
- Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung.
- A witty saying proves nothing.
- Crush the infamous thing. Letter to d'Alembert, June 23, 1760.
- God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.
- History is little else than a picture of human crimes and misfortunes. L'Ing'nu. Chap. x. (1767.)
- If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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