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Denis Diderot

To prove the Gospels by a miracle is to prove an absurdity by something contrary to nature.
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Anand Thakur
He whom we call a gentleman is no longer the man of Nature.
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Gentle Himself Man Nature
Scepticism is the first step towards truth.
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Step Truth
When we know to read our own hearts, we acquire wisdom of the heartsof others.
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Heart Known Wisdom
Gaiety is a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine.
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Machine Order Ordinary Quality
What a fine comedy this world would be if one did not play a part in it.
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Comedy Oneself Play World
The pit of a theatre is the one place where the tears of virtuous and wicked men alike are mingled.
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Anand Thakur
A thing is not proved because no one has ever questioned it. Skepticism is the first step toward truth.
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Evidence Question Truth
People praise virtue, but they hate it, they run away from it. It freezes you to death, and in this world you’ve got to keep your feet warm.
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Anand Thakur
And his hands would plait the priest’s entrails, For want of a rope, to strangle kings.
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Hands King Priest
All abstract sciences are nothing but the study of relations between signs.
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Abstract Relationship Sign Study
Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.
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Greatness Passion Soul
I like better for one to say some foolish thing upon important matters than to be silent. That becomes the subject of discussion and dispute, and the truth is discovered.
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Anand Thakur
Only passions, and great passions, can raise the soul to great things. Without them there is no sublimity, either in morals or in creativity. Art returns to infancy, and virtue becomes small-minded.
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Greatness Mindset Moral Passion Raise Small Soul
Whether God exists or does not exist, He has come to rank among the most sublime and useless truths.
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Anand Thakur
There is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in civilized societies.
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Civilization Inflict Kind Man Society Woman

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