Quotes by Pierre Bayle

“It is pure illusion to think that an opinion that passes down from century to century, from generation to generation, may not be entirely false”

“There is no less invention in aptly applying a thought found in a book, than in being the first author of the thought”

“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”

“The antiquity and general acceptance of an opinion is not assurance of its truth”

Properly speaking, history is nothing but the crimes and misfortunes of the human race.

The antiquity and general acceptance of an opinion is not assurance of its truth.