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Passions destroy more prejudices than philosophy does.

Denis Diderot

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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Belief Law Myself Nation People Thinking
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
Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off.
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Burden Gratitude Hard Time Hope
Scepticism is the first step towards truth.
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Step Truth
The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers.
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Anand Thakur
There is only one duty; that is to be happy.
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Happiness Oneself Responsibility
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
When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry, in painting, and in music.
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Allow Music Painting Performance Poetry Superstitious
It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it.
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Anand Thakur
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
Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild.
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Poetry Vast Wild
Good music is very close to primitive language.
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Goodness Language Music Primitive
In general, children, like men, and men, like children, prefer entertainment to education.
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Children Education Entertainment Man Preference
Passions destroy more prejudices than philosophy does.
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Destroy Passion Philosophy Prejudice
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

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