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There is only one duty; that is to be happy.

Denis Diderot

Scepticism is the first step towards truth.
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Step Truth
Only the bad man is alone.
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Alone Bad Man
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
In general, children, like men, and men, like children, prefer entertainment to education.
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Children Education Entertainment Man Preference
There are cats and cats.
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Cat One Liner
Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.
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Arouse Patriot Society
Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.
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Philosophy Road
I have only a small flickering light to guide me in the darkness of a thick forest. Up comes a theologian and blows it out.
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Anand Thakur
The decisions of law courts should never be printed: in the long run, they form a counter authority to the law.
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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
Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off.
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Burden Gratitude Hard Time Hope
Time, matter, space – all, it may be, are no more than a point.
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Anand Thakur
I am wholly yours – you are everything to me; we will sustain each other in all the ills of life it may please fate to inflict upon us; you will soothe my troubles; I will comfort you in yours.
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Each Other Life Trouble Yourself
Bad company is as instructive as licentiousness. One makes up for the loss of one’s innocence with the loss of one’s prejudices.
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Bad Company Innocent Instruction Loss One Prejudice
How easy it is to tell tales!
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Easy Story
There is only one duty; that is to be happy.
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Happiness Oneself Responsibility

There is only one duty; that is to be happy.

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