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I have not the hope of being immortal, because the desire of it has not given me that vanity.

Denis Diderot

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
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
One composition is meagre, though it has many figures; another is rich, though it has few.
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Composition Rich
Every man has his dignity. I’m willing to forget mine, but at my own discretion and not when someone else tells me to.
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Dignity Man Myself Willing
My friend, you should blow out your candle in order to find your way more clearly.
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Blow Clear Finding Friendship Way
Superstition is more injurious to God than atheism.
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Atheist God Injurious
What is a monster? A being whose survival is incompatible with the existing order.
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Existence Monster Survive
Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory.
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Force Memories Ourselves Sentence Truth
No man has received from nature the right to give orders to others. Freedom is a gift from heaven, and every individual of the same species has the right to enjoy it as soon as he is in enjoyment of his reason.
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Enjoyment Heaven Man Nature Reason Receive
If a misplaced admiration shows imbecility, an affected criticism shows vice of character. Expose thyself rather to appear a beast than false.
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Anand Thakur
There is only one passion, the passion for happiness.
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Happiness Oneself Passion
The Christian religion teaches us to imitate a God that is cruel, insidious, jealous, and implacable in his wrath.
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Anand Thakur
I like better for one to say some foolish thing upon important matters than to be silent. That becomes the subject of discussion and dispute, and the truth is discovered.
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Anand Thakur
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
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
There is no true sovereign except the nation; there can be no true legislator except the people.
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Anand Thakur

I have not the hope of being immortal, because the desire of it has not given me that vanity.

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