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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 general interest of the masses might take the place of the insight of genius if it were allowed freedom of action.
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Action Allow Freedom Genius Interest Place
And his hands would plait the priest’s entrails, For want of a rope, to strangle kings.
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Hands King Priest
There is only one virtue, justice; only one duty, to be happy; only one corollary, not to overvalue life and not to fear death.
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Death Fear Happiness Justice Virtue
The best mannered people make the most absurd lovers.
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Absurd Best Lover People
The blood of Jesus Christ can cover a multitude of sins, it seems to me.
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Blood God Myself Sin
I feel, I think, I judge; therefore, a part of organized matter like me is capable of feeling, thinking, and judging.
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Feeling Judgement Thinking
There are things I can’t force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint.
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Adjust Change Force Need Point View
There are cats and cats.
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Cat One Liner
Bad company is as instructive as licentiousness. One makes up for the loss of one’s innocence with the loss of one’s prejudices.
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Bad Company Innocent Instruction Loss One Prejudice
Ignorance is less remote from the truth than prejudice.
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Ignorance Prejudice Remote Truth
For me, my thoughts are my prostitutes.
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Myself Prostitute Thinking
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
Passions destroy more prejudices than philosophy does.
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Destroy Passion Philosophy Prejudice
In any country where talent and virtue produce no advancement, money will be the national god. Its inhabitants will either have to possess money or make others believe that they do. Wealth will be the highest virtue, poverty the greatest vice.
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Anand Thakur
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
The wisest among us is very lucky never to have met the woman, be she beautiful or ugly, intelligent or stupid, who could drive him crazy enough to be fit to be put into an asylum.
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Beautiful Crazy Drive Enough Wisdom Woman

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

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