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To prove the Gospels by a miracle is to prove an absurdity by something contrary to nature.

Denis Diderot

Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey.
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Command Justice Obedience Virtue
We are constantly railing against the passions; we ascribe to them all of man’s afflictions, and we forget that they are also the source of all his pleasures.
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Himself Passion Pleasure Source
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
How easy it is to tell tales!
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Easy Story
Our observation of nature must be diligent, our reflection profound, and our experiments exact. We rarely see these three means combined; and for this reason, creative geniuses are not common.
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Creative Experiment Genius Nature Observation
What has not been examined impartially has not been well examined. Skepticism is therefore the first step towards truth.
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Impartial Path Step Truth
Scepticism is the first step towards truth.
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Step Truth
I can be expected to look for truth but not to find it.
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Expectation Finding Myself Truth
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
Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.
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Greatness Passion Soul
The world is the house of the strong.
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Hard Time Inspirational Strong World
Posterity for the philosopher is what the other world is for the religious man.
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Man Philosophy Poster Religious
In order to get as much fame as one’s father one has to much more able than he.
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Fame Father Himself Order
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
The blood of Jesus Christ can cover a multitude of sins, it seems to me.
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Blood God Myself Sin
For me, my thoughts are my prostitutes.
DENIS DIDEROT

Myself Prostitute Thinking

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