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One composition is meagre, though it has many figures; another is rich, though it has few.

Denis Diderot

Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.
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Philosophy Road
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
Oh! how near are genius and madness! Men imprison them and chain them, or raise statues to them.
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Genius Madness Raise Status
First of all move me, surprise me, rend my heart; make me tremble, weep, shudder; outrage me; delight my eyes afterwards if you can.
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Delight Move Surprise Yourself
There are cats and cats.
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Cat One Liner
Give, but, if possible, spare the poor man the shame of begging.
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Beg Compassionate Man Poor Possible Shame
Posterity for the philosopher is what the other world is for the religious man.
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Man Philosophy Poster Religious
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
There is only one duty; that is to be happy.
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Happiness Oneself Responsibility
Only a very bad theologian would confuse the certainty that follows revelation with the truths that are revealed. They are entirely different things.
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Bad Confusion Different Follow Reveal Truth
Distance is a great promoter of admiration.
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Admire Distance Greatness Promote
Integrity is the evidence of all civil virtues.
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Evidence Integrity Virtue
The possibility of divorce renders both marriage partners stricter in their observance of the duties they owe to each other. Divorces help to improve morals and to increase the population.
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Divorce Improvement Marriage Partner Population Possible
Whether God exists or does not exist, He has come to rank among the most sublime and useless truths.
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Anand Thakur
The bad gives rise to the good, the good inspires the better, the better produces the excellent, the excellent is followed by the bizarre
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Anand Thakur

One composition is meagre, though it has many figures; another is rich, though it has few.

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