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He whom we call a gentleman is no longer the man of Nature.

Denis Diderot

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
For me, my thoughts are my prostitutes.
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Myself Prostitute Thinking
The bad gives rise to the good, the good inspires the better, the better produces the excellent, the excellent is followed by the bizarre
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Anand Thakur
Isn’t it better to have men being ungrateful than to miss a chance to do good?
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Better Chance Goodness Man
The best doctor is the one you run to and can’t find.
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Best Doctor Finding Oneself Run
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
There is less harm to be suffered in being mad among madmen than in being sane all by oneself.
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Hard Mad Oneself Suffering
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
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
Scepticism is the first step toward truth.
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Path Step Truth
From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.
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Oneself Path Step
Good music is very close to primitive language.
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Goodness Language Music Primitive
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
Genius is present in every age, but the men carrying it within them remain benumbed unless extraordinary events occur to heat up and melt the mass so that it flows forth.
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Anand Thakur
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
Only God and some few rare geniuses can keep forging ahead into novelty.
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God Novel Rare

He whom we call a gentleman is no longer the man of Nature.

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