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Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad.

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
Posterity for the philosopher is what the other world is for the religious man.
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Man Philosophy Poster Religious
Evil always turns up in this world through some genius or other.
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Evil Genius World
And his hands would plait the priest’s entrails, For want of a rope, to strangle kings.
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Hands King Priest
If there is one realm in which it is essential to be sublime, it is in wickedness. You spit on a petty thief, but you can’t deny a kind of respect for the great criminal.
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Essential Kind Respect Wicked Yourself
Disturbances in society are never more fearful than when those who are stirring up the trouble can use the pretext of religion to mask their true designs.
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Design Disturb Trouble True
Which is the greater merit, to enlighten the human race, which remains forever, or to save one’s fatherland, which is perishable?
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Enlightenment Father Greatness Oneself Perish Save
There is only one passion, the passion for happiness.
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Happiness Oneself Passion
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
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
How easy it is to tell tales!
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Easy Story
When we know to read our own hearts, we acquire wisdom of the heartsof others.
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Heart Known Wisdom
It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire.
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Desire Fact Production True Willing
If ever anybody dedicated his whole life to the “enthusiasm for truth and justice” using this phrase in the good sense it was Diderot.
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Dedication Enthusiasm Goodness Life Sense
In order to get as much fame as one’s father one has to much more able than he.
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Fame Father Himself Order
We are all instruments endowed with feeling and memory. Our senses are so many strings that are struck by surrounding objects and that also frequently strike themselves.
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Feeling Instrument Memories Object Surround

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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