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And his hands would plait the priest’s entrails, For want of a rope, to strangle kings.

Denis Diderot

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
If there are one hundred thousand damned souls for one saved soul, the devil has always the advantage without having given up his son to death.
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Anand Thakur
Good music is very close to primitive language.
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Goodness Language Music Primitive
What a fine comedy this world would be if one did not play a part in it.
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Comedy Oneself Play World
Philosophy is as far separated from impiety as religion is from fanaticism.
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Philosophy Religion Separate
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
One may demand of me that I should seek truth, but not that I should find it.
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Demand Finding Oneself Seek Truth
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
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
When we know to read our own hearts, we acquire wisdom of the heartsof others.
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Heart Known Wisdom
I discuss with myself questions of politics, love, taste, or philosophy. I let my mind rove wantonly, give it free rein to followany idea, wise or mad that may present itself. My ideas are my harlots.
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Discussion Love Mad Mindset Myself Politics Present Taste
All children are essentially criminal.
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Children Crime Essential
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
Disturbances in society are never more fearful than when those who are stirring up the trouble can use the pretext of religion to mask their true designs.
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Design Disturb Trouble True
Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad.
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Bad Country Goodness Government Moral
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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Anand Thakur

And his hands would plait the priest’s entrails, For want of a rope, to strangle kings.

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