"It is pure illusion to think that an……" — Pierre Bayle
"It is pure illusion to think that an opinion which passes down from century to century, from generation to generation, may not be entirely false."
—
Pierre Bayle
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
12 Quotes by Pierre Bayle
Pierre Bayle has 12 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
It is thus tolerance that is the source of peace, and intolerance that is the source of disorder and squabbling.
-
The antiquity and general acceptance of an opinion is not assurance of its truth.
-
If an historian were to relate truthfully all the crimes, weaknesses, and disorders of mankind, his readers would take his…
-
Properly speaking, history is nothing but the crimes and misfortunes of the human race.
-
I am a good Protestant, and in the full sense of the term, for from the bottom of my soul,…
-
There is not less wit nor invention in applying rightly a thought one finds in a book, than in being…
-
In matters of religion, it is very easy to deceive a man and very hard to undeceive him.
-
I mention this only to shew that the citations of the most judicious authors frequently deceive us, and consequently that…
-
Philosophy can be compared to some powders that are so corrosive that, after they have eaten away the infected flesh…
-
I know too much to be a sceptic and too little to be a dogmatist.
-
There is not less wit nor less invention in applying rightly a thought one finds in a book, than in…
See all 12 quotes by Pierre Bayle »
More Century Quotes
This quote is filed under Century Quotes,
one of 3,251 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
For centuries, the Muslims were able to co-exist perfectly well with Jews and Christians in the Middle East.
— Karen Armstrong
-
If we want to create a viable, peaceful world, we've got to integrate compassion into the gritty realities of 21st…
— Karen Armstrong
-
I fully expected that, by the end of the century, we would have achieved substantially more than we actually did.
— Neil Armstrong
-
John Dalton's records, carefully preserved for a century, were destroyed during the World War II bombing of Manchester. It is…
— Isaac Asimov
-
When the British came to Ibo land, for instance, at the beginning of the 20th century, and defeated the men…
— Chinua Achebe
-
When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you don't just turn it off one day.
— Chinua Achebe
-
Once upon a time, novelists of the 19th century, such as Charles Dickens, published in serial form.
— Margaret Atwood
-
You can examine the whole 19th century from the point of view of who would have maxed out their credit…
— Margaret Atwood
-
It is not seen as insane when a fighter, under an attack that will inevitable lead to his death, chooses…
— Emilie Autumn
-
The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the…
— Lord Acton
-
As a great man's influence never ends, so also there is not definite finality, no end, to a great survey;…
— Cleveland Abbe
-
Kingsley Amis was one of a trio of brilliant comic novelists who made English literature sparkle in the twentieth century.
— Russell Baker
See all 3,251 Century Quotes »