When a physician walks behind the coffin of his patient
"When a physician walks behind the coffin of his patient, indeed the cause sometimes follows the effect."
Voltaire oder Robert Koch oder Marcus Tullius Cicero (allegedly)
Voltaire | men can be influenced by making them think for themselves
in Voltaire"Controversy never convinced any man; men can be influenced by making them think for themselves, by seeming to doubt with them, by leading them as if by the hand, without their perceiving it. A good book lent to them, which they read at leisure, produces upon them surer effects, because they do not then blush to be subjugated by the superior reason of an antagonist."
Voltaire
Voltaire | our hope our illusion
in Voltaire"One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything's fine today, that is our illusion"
Voltaire