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There is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in civilized societies.

Denis Diderot

Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those who obey.
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Command Force Obedience Power Violence
From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.
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Oneself Path Step
There is no true sovereign except the nation; there can be no true legislator except the people.
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Anand Thakur
Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.
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Greatness Passion Soul
Anyone who takes it upon himself, on his private authority, to break a bad law, thereby authorizes everyone else to break the good ones.
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Authority Break Goodness Oneself Privacy
And his hands would plait the priest’s entrails, For want of a rope, to strangle kings.
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Hands King Priest
I discuss with myself questions of politics, love, taste, or philosophy. I let my mind rove wantonly, give it free rein to followany idea, wise or mad that may present itself. My ideas are my harlots.
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Discussion Love Mad Mindset Myself Politics Present Taste
First of all move me, surprise me, rend my heart; make me tremble, weep, shudder; outrage me; delight my eyes afterwards if you can.
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Delight Move Surprise Yourself
Jacques said that his master said that everything good or evil we encounter here below was written on high.
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Evil Goodness High Master Writing
What is a monster? A being whose survival is incompatible with the existing order.
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Existence Monster Survive
He whom we call a gentleman is no longer the man of Nature.
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Gentle Himself Man Nature
There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it.
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Convenience Moral Perception
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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Love Rob
It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all.
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Believe God Important
Good music is very close to primitive language.
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Goodness Language Music Primitive
Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.
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Arouse Patriot Society

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