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A nation which thinks that it is belief in God and not good law which makes people honest does not seem to me very advanced.

Denis Diderot

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
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.
DENIS DIDEROT

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 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
For me, my thoughts are my prostitutes.
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Myself Prostitute Thinking
There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it.
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Convenience Moral Perception
Does anyone really know where they’re going to?
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Direction Journey Path
Only passions, and great passions, can raise the soul to great things. Without them there is no sublimity, either in morals or in creativity. Art returns to infancy, and virtue becomes small-minded.
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Greatness Mindset Moral Passion Raise Small Soul
Scepticism is the first step toward truth.
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Path Step Truth
There is no good father who would want to resemble our Heavenly Father.
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Anand Thakur
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
The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers.
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Anand Thakur
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
Only God and some few rare geniuses can keep forging ahead into novelty.
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God Novel Rare
It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it.
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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

A nation which thinks that it is belief in God and not good law which makes people honest does not seem to me very advanced.

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A nation which thinks that it is belief in God and not good law which makes people honest does not seem to me very advanced.

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