Pierre Bayle — French Philosopher born on November 18, 1647, died on December 28, 1706

Pierre Bayle was a French philosopher and writer best known for his seminal work the Historical and Critical Dictionary, published beginning in 1697... (wikipedia)

It is thus tolerance that is the source of peace, and intolerance that is the source of disorder and squabbling.
The antiquity and general acceptance of an opinion is not assurance of its truth.
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.
I am a good Protestant, and in the full sense of the term, for from the bottom of my soul, I protest against everything that is said, and everything that is done.
Properly speaking, history is nothing but the crimes and misfortunes of the human race.