Reply to General Manstein.
Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.[800:8]
Dialogue xiv. Le Chapon et la Poularde (1763).
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History is little else than a picture of human crimes and misfortunes.[801:1]
L'Ingénu. Chap. x. (1767.)
The first who was king was a fortunate soldier:
Who serves his country well has no need of ancestors.[801:2]
Merope. Act i. Sc. 3.
In the best of possible worlds the château of monseigneur the baron was the most beautiful of châteaux, and madame the best of possible baronesses.