Compulsion in the literal Sense is maliciously misrepresented, by supposing it authorizes — Pierre Bayle
In matters of religion, it is very easy to deceive a man and very hard to undeceive him. — Pierre Bayle
It is only common prejudice that induces us to believe that atheism is a fearful state. — Pierre Bayle
There is not less wit nor less invention in applying rightly a thought one finds in a book — Pierre Bayle
Properly speaking, history is nothing but the crimes and misfortunes of the human race. — Pierre Bayle
It is thus tolerance that is the source of peace, and intolerance that is the source of disorder and squabbling. — Pierre Bayle
I am a good protestant, and in the full sense of the term, for from the bottom of my soul — Pierre Bayle
