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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.

Denis Diderot

All abstract sciences are nothing but the study of relations between signs.
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Abstract Relationship Sign Study
There is no good father who would want to resemble our Heavenly Father.
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Anand Thakur
Scepticism is the first step towards truth.
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Step Truth
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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Himself Passion Pleasure Source
If ever anybody dedicated his whole life to the “enthusiasm for truth and justice” using this phrase in the good sense it was Diderot.
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Dedication Enthusiasm Goodness Life Sense
To prove the Gospels by a miracle is to prove an absurdity by something contrary to nature.
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Anand Thakur
The wisest among us is very lucky never to have met the woman, be she beautiful or ugly, intelligent or stupid, who could drive him crazy enough to be fit to be put into an asylum.
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Beautiful Crazy Drive Enough Wisdom Woman
Two qualities essential for the artist: moralityand perspective.
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Artist Essential Moral Perspective Quality
It is raining bombs on the house of the Lord. I go in fear and trembling lest one of these terrible bombers gets into difficulties.
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Difficult God Home Raining
Good music is very close to primitive language.
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Goodness Language Music Primitive
I feel, I think, I judge; therefore, a part of organized matter like me is capable of feeling, thinking, and judging.
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Feeling Judgement Thinking
My friend, you should blow out your candle in order to find your way more clearly.
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Blow Clear Finding Friendship Way
I have only a small flickering light to guide me in the darkness of a thick forest. Up comes a theologian and blows it out.
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Anand Thakur
There are cats and cats.
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Cat One Liner
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
Give, but, if possible, spare the poor man the shame of begging.
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Beg Compassionate Man Poor Possible Shame

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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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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