"If children were brought into the world by an act of pure reason alone, would the human race continue to exist? Would not a man rather have so much sympathy with the coming generation as to spare it t…"

"Monotheism is a great evil. It has caused more wars and bloodshed than any other religion."

"Human life is a business that does not pay its expenses."

"Every man has a certain amount of original sin in him, and this is the cause of all his misery."

"The truth is that we are all born mad. Some remain so."