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Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.

Denis Diderot

Integrity is the evidence of all civil virtues.
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Evidence Integrity Virtue
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
In general, children, like men, and men, like children, prefer entertainment to education.
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Children Education Entertainment Man Preference
To prove the Gospels by a miracle is to prove an absurdity by something contrary to nature.
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Anand Thakur
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
Shakespeare’s fault is not the greatest into which a poet may fall. It merely indicates a deficiency of taste.
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Book Greatness Literature Poet Taste
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
What has not been examined impartially has not been well examined. Skepticism is therefore the first step towards truth.
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Impartial Path Step Truth
Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory.
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Force Memories Ourselves Sentence Truth
Philosophy is as far separated from impiety as religion is from fanaticism.
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Philosophy Religion Separate
I can be expected to look for truth but not to find it.
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Expectation Finding Myself Truth
Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.
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Greatness Passion Soul
The best mannered people make the most absurd lovers.
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Absurd Best Lover People
Watch out for the fellow who talks about putting things in order! Putting things in order always means getting other people under your control.
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Control Order People Yourself
Evil always turns up in this world through some genius or other.
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Evil Genius World

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