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Denis Diderot

He whom we call a gentleman is no longer the man of Nature.
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Gentle Himself Man Nature
My friend, you should blow out your candle in order to find your way more clearly.
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Blow Clear Finding Friendship Way
From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.
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Oneself Path Step
I have only a small flickering light to guide me in the darkness of a thick forest. Up comes a theologian and blows it out.
DENIS DIDEROT

Anand Thakur
The most dangerous madmen are those created by religion, and people whose aim is to disrupt society always know how to make good use of them on occasion.
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Creation Dangerous Mad Man Occasion Religion
Philosophy is as far separated from impiety as religion is from fanaticism.
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Philosophy Religion Separate
In general, children, like men, and men, like children, prefer entertainment to education.
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Children Education Entertainment Man Preference
Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad.
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Bad Country Goodness Government Moral
My ideas are my whores.
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Ideas One Liner Whore
Posterity for the philosopher is what the other world is for the religious man.
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Man Philosophy Poster Religious
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
We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates.
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Association Catch Ourselves Vice
There are cats and cats.
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Cat One Liner
There is only one duty; that is to be happy.
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Happiness Oneself Responsibility
A nation which thinks that it is belief in God and not good law which makes people honest does not seem to me very advanced.
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Belief Law Myself Nation People Thinking
Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off.
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Burden Gratitude Hard Time Hope

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