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Give, but, if possible, spare the poor man the shame of begging.

Denis Diderot

Are we not madder than those first inhabitants of the plain of Sennar? We know that the distance separating the earth from the sky is infinite, and yet we do not stop building our tower.
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Build Distance Infinite Mad Plain Separate Tower
In general, children, like men, and men, like children, prefer entertainment to education.
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Children Education Entertainment Man Preference
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
I can be expected to look for truth but not to find it.
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Expectation Finding Myself Truth
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
Doctors are always working to preserve our health and cooks to destroy it, but the latter are the more often successful.
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Destroy Doctor Preserve Success Work
Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off.
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Burden Gratitude Hard Time Hope
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
Do you see this egg? With this you can topple every theological theory, every church or temple in the world.
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See Theory World
Scepticism is the first step towards truth.
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Step Truth
Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully; and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure; and if he does not hurt any living being, he is a holy man.
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Fine Himself Live Man Peace Possession Purity Religious
One composition is meagre, though it has many figures; another is rich, though it has few.
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Composition Rich
A thing is not proved because no one has ever questioned it. Skepticism is the first step toward truth.
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Evidence Question Truth
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
The best doctor is the one you run to and can’t find.
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Best Doctor Finding Oneself Run
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

Give, but, if possible, spare the poor man the shame of begging.

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