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Two qualities essential for the artist: moralityand perspective.

Denis Diderot

Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey.
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Command Justice Obedience Virtue
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
The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers.
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Anand Thakur
You have to make it happen.
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One Liner Yourself
There’s a bit of testicle at the bottom of our most sublime feelings and our purest tenderness.
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Anand Thakur
The blood of Jesus Christ can cover a multitude of sins, it seems to me.
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Blood God Myself Sin
Philosophy is as far separated from impiety as religion is from fanaticism.
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Philosophy Religion Separate
Only God and some few rare geniuses can keep forging ahead into novelty.
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God Novel Rare
It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it.
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Anand Thakur
There is only one passion, the passion for happiness.
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Happiness Oneself Passion
Does not vanity itself cease to be blamable, is it not even ennobled, when it is directed to laudable objects, when it confines itself to prompting us to great and generous actions?
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Action Direction Generous Object
Instinct guides the animal better than the man. In the animal it is pure, in man it is led astray by his reason and intelligence.
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Animal Guide Instinct Intelligence Reason
The infant runs toward it with its eyes closed, the adult is stationary, the old man approaches it with his back turned.
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Adult Eyes Infant Man Old
Passions destroy more prejudices than philosophy does.
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Destroy Passion Philosophy Prejudice
Posterity for the philosopher is what the other world is for the religious man.
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Man Philosophy Poster Religious
First move me, astonish me, break my heart, let me tremble, weep, stare, be enraged-only then regale my eyes.
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Astonishment Eyes Move Myself

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