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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.

Denis Diderot

Give, but, if possible, spare the poor man the shame of begging.
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Beg Compassionate Man Poor Possible Shame
The blood of Jesus Christ can cover a multitude of sins, it seems to me.
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Blood God Myself Sin
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
There is only one passion, the passion for happiness.
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Happiness Oneself Passion
It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire.
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Desire Fact Production True Willing
Does anyone really know where they’re going to?
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Direction Journey Path
I can be expected to look for truth but not to find it.
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Expectation Finding Myself Truth
You can be sure that a painter reveals himself in his work as much as and more than a writer does in his.
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Himself Paint Reveal Writing
Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those who obey.
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Command Force Obedience Power Violence
How easy it is to tell tales!
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Easy Story
There’s a bit of testicle at the bottom of our most sublime feelings and our purest tenderness.
DENIS DIDEROT

Anand Thakur
There is no good father who would want to resemble our Heavenly Father.
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Anand Thakur
Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild.
DENIS DIDEROT

Poetry Vast Wild
And his hands would plait the priest’s entrails, For want of a rope, to strangle kings.
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Hands King Priest
There is less harm to be suffered in being mad among madmen than in being sane all by oneself.
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Hard Mad Oneself Suffering
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

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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