Pierre Bayle
Pierre Bayle
Pierre Bayle was a French philosopher and writer best known for his seminal work the Historical and Critical Dictionary, published beginning in 1697...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth18 November 1647
CountryFrance
Pierre Bayle quotes about
applying author finds french-philosopher less nor rightly
There is not less wit nor less invention in applying rightly a thought one finds in a book, than in being the first author of that thought.
diversity tolerance brotherhood
It is thus tolerance that is the source of peace, and intolerance that is the source of disorder and squabbling.
weakness crime satire
If an historian were to relate truthfully all the crimes, weaknesses, and disorders of mankind, his readers would take his work for satire rather than for history.
affliction stamps impression
The furnace of affliction refines us from earthly drossiness, and softens us for the impression of God's own stamp.
deceiving citations prudence
I mention this only to shew that the citations of the most judicious authors frequently deceive us, and consequently that prudence obliges us to examine quotations, by whomsoever alleged.