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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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You can be sure that a painter reveals himself in his work as much as and more than a writer does in his.
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Himself Paint Reveal Writing
In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more than push it as far as it will go.
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Necessary Order Shake Willing
One may demand of me that I should seek truth, but not that I should find it.
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Demand Finding Oneself Seek Truth
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
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
Two qualities essential for the artist: moralityand perspective.
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Artist Essential Moral Perspective Quality
We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates.
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Association Catch Ourselves Vice
Philosophy is as far separated from impiety as religion is from fanaticism.
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Philosophy Religion Separate
Ignorance is less remote from the truth than prejudice.
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Ignorance Prejudice Remote Truth
There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it.
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Convenience Moral Perception
Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.
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Philosophy Road
For me, my thoughts are my prostitutes.
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Myself Prostitute Thinking
First move me, astonish me, break my heart, let me tremble, weep, stare, be enraged-only then regale my eyes.
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Astonishment Eyes Move Myself
I can be expected to look for truth but not to find it.
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Expectation Finding Myself Truth
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
In general, children, like men, and men, like children, prefer entertainment to education.
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Children Education Entertainment Man Preference

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