Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.
DENIS DIDEROT
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One composition is meagre, though it has many figures; another is rich, though it has few.
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Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.
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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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Only the bad man is alone.
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It has been said that love robs those who have it of their wit, and gives it to those who have none.
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Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully; and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure; and if he does not hurt any living being, he is a holy man.
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Distance is a great promoter of admiration.
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I have not the hope of being immortal, because the desire of it has not given me that vanity.
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Time, matter, space – all, it may be, are no more than a point.
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Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild.
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Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.
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My ideas are my whores.
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We swallow with one gulp the lie that flatters us, and drink drop by drop the truth which is bitter to us.
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There is no good father who would want to resemble our Heavenly Father.
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What a fine comedy this world would be if one did not play a part in it.
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