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It has been said that love robs those who have it of their wit, and gives it to those who have none.

Denis Diderot

What has not been examined impartially has not been well examined. Skepticism is therefore the first step towards truth.
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Impartial Path Step Truth
Are we not madder than those first inhabitants of the plain of Sennar? We know that the distance separating the earth from the sky is infinite, and yet we do not stop building our tower.
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Build Distance Infinite Mad Plain Separate Tower
There is no good father who would want to resemble our Heavenly Father.
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Anand Thakur
Gaiety is a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine.
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Machine Order Ordinary Quality
Integrity is the evidence of all civil virtues.
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Evidence Integrity Virtue
The decisions of law courts should never be printed: in the long run, they form a counter authority to the law.
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Anand Thakur
Does anyone really know where they’re going to?
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Direction Journey Path
Distance is a great promoter of admiration.
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Admire Distance Greatness Promote
Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory.
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Force Memories Ourselves Sentence Truth
It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it.
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Anand Thakur
You have to make it happen.
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One Liner Yourself
The infant runs toward it with its eyes closed, the adult is stationary, the old man approaches it with his back turned.
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Adult Eyes Infant Man Old
The possibility of divorce renders both marriage partners stricter in their observance of the duties they owe to each other. Divorces help to improve morals and to increase the population.
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Divorce Improvement Marriage Partner Population Possible
Ignorance is less remote from the truth than prejudice.
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Ignorance Prejudice Remote Truth
Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.
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Greatness Passion Soul
When one compares the talents one has with those of a Leibniz , one is tempted to throw away one’s books and go die quietly in the dark of some forgotten corner.
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Compare Corner Forget Talent Temptation

It has been said that love robs those who have it of their wit, and gives it to those who have none.

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