As the mind learns to understand more complicated combinations of ideas, simpler formulae soon reduce their complexity; so truths that were discovered only by great effort, that could at first only be understood by men capable of profound thought, are… — Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet Copy Share Image
Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another for there will always be others whose lives on the face of it… — Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet Copy Share Image
Men do not often dare to avow, even to themselves, the slow progress reason has made in their minds; but they are ready to… — Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet Copy Share Image
The penalty of death is the only one that makes an injustice absolutely irreparable; from which it follows that the existence of the death… — Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet Copy Share Image
Under the freest constitution ignorant people are still slaves. — Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet Copy Share Image
A great man, who was convinced that the truths of political and moral science are capable of the same certainty as those that form the system of physical science, even in those branches like astronomy that seem to approximate mathematical certainty. He cherished this belief, for it led to the consoling hope that humanity would inevitably make progress toward a… — Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet Copy Share
Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another.[or you will create disappointment and envy, as every other person has something, small… — Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet Copy Share Image
One wonders why there are so many women who follow Robespierre to his home, to the Jacobins, to the Cordeliers and to the Convention. It is because the French Revolution is a religion and Robespierre is one of its sects. He is a priest with his flock... Robespierre preaches, Robespierre censures, he is furious, serious, melancholic and exalted with passion.… — Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet Copy Share
The truth belongs to those who seek it, not to those who claim to own it. — Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet Copy Share Image
If it is possible to have a linear unit that depends on no other quantity, it would seem natural to prefer it. Moreover, a… — Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet Copy Share Image
As the mind learns to understand more complicated combinations of ideas, simpler formulae soon reduce their complexity; so truths that were discovered only by… — Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet Copy Share Image
People still retain the errors of their childhood, their nation, and their age, long after they have accepted the truths needed to refute them. — Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet Copy Share Image
![“Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another.[or you will create disappointment and envy, as every other person has something, small or large, better than you. Remember at these times what you have rather than what you don't and be grateful]” quote by Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/600/nicolas-de-caritat-marquis-de_be-grateful_enjoy-your-own-life-without-comparing-it_785007.jpg)
