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If a misplaced admiration shows imbecility, an affected criticism shows vice of character. Expose thyself rather to appear a beast than false.

Denis Diderot

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
There is only one passion, the passion for happiness.
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Happiness Oneself Passion
There is only one virtue, justice; only one duty, to be happy; only one corollary, not to overvalue life and not to fear death.
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Death Fear Happiness Justice Virtue
Scepticism is the first step towards truth.
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Step Truth
To say that man is a compound of strength and weakness, light and darkness, smallness and greatness, is not to indict him, it is to define him.
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Definition Himself Man Strength Weakness
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
Time, matter, space – all, it may be, are no more than a point.
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Anand Thakur
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
Integrity is the evidence of all civil virtues.
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Evidence Integrity Virtue
Philosophy is as far separated from impiety as religion is from fanaticism.
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Philosophy Religion Separate
Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off.
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Burden Gratitude Hard Time Hope
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
Evil always turns up in this world through some genius or other.
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Evil Genius World
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 very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all.
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Believe God Important
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

If a misplaced admiration shows imbecility, an affected criticism shows vice of character. Expose thyself rather to appear a beast than false.

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