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In order to get as much fame as one’s father one has to much more able than he.

Denis Diderot

There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it.
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Convenience Moral Perception
Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.
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Greatness Passion Soul
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
If there is one realm in which it is essential to be sublime, it is in wickedness. You spit on a petty thief, but you can’t deny a kind of respect for the great criminal.
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Essential Kind Respect Wicked Yourself
Mankind have banned the Divinity from their presence; they have relegated him to a sanctuary; the walls of the temple restrict his view; he does not exist outside of it.
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Anand Thakur
To describe women, the pen should be dipped in the humid colors of the rainbow, and the paper dried with the dust gathered from the wings of a butterfly.
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Butterfly Color Pen Wings Woman
There is only one duty; that is to be happy.
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Happiness Oneself Responsibility
Only a very bad theologian would confuse the certainty that follows revelation with the truths that are revealed. They are entirely different things.
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Bad Confusion Different Follow Reveal Truth
The enjoyment of freedom which could be exercised without any motivation would be the real hallmark of a maniac.
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Anand Thakur
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
Genius is present in every age, but the men carrying it within them remain benumbed unless extraordinary events occur to heat up and melt the mass so that it flows forth.
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Anand Thakur
Scepticism is the first step toward truth.
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Path Step Truth
If ever anybody dedicated his whole life to the “enthusiasm for truth and justice” using this phrase in the good sense it was Diderot.
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Dedication Enthusiasm Goodness Life Sense
You risk just as much in being credulous as in being suspicious.
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Anand Thakur
The best mannered people make the most absurd lovers.
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Absurd Best Lover People
Give, but, if possible, spare the poor man the shame of begging.
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Beg Compassionate Man Poor Possible Shame

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