French essayist whose works are considered the highest expression of 16th-century French prose. The Columbia Dictionary of Quotations. Oh senseless man, who cannot possibly make a worm, and yet will make Gods by dozens. The Columbia Dictionary of Quotations. Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know.
Death pays all debts.
It is not, I think, difficult to discover the explanation of the fact. In an age which was still spell-bound by the fascinations of the past, he applied to every question a judgment entirely unclouded by the imaginations of theologians, and unshackled by the dictates of authority. His originality consists, not so much in his definite opinions or in his arguments, as in the general tone and character of his mind. These things led him to suspect that witchcraft might be a delusion. The bent and character of his mind led him to believe that witchcraft was grossly improbable.