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There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it.

Denis Diderot

Give, but, if possible, spare the poor man the shame of begging.
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Beg Compassionate Man Poor Possible Shame
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
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
The bad gives rise to the good, the good inspires the better, the better produces the excellent, the excellent is followed by the bizarre
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Anand Thakur
The best mannered people make the most absurd lovers.
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Absurd Best Lover People
If you disturb the colors of the rainbow, the rainbow is no longer beautiful.
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Beautiful Color Disturb Rainbow
If there is one realm in which it is essential to be sublime, it is in wickedness. You spit on a petty thief, but you can’t deny a kind of respect for the great criminal.
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Essential Kind Respect Wicked Yourself
Two qualities essential for the artist: moralityand perspective.
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Artist Essential Moral Perspective Quality
Every man has his dignity. I’m willing to forget mine, but at my own discretion and not when someone else tells me to.
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Dignity Man Myself Willing
There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it.
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Convenience Moral Perception
Doctors are always working to preserve our health and cooks to destroy it, but the latter are the more often successful.
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Destroy Doctor Preserve Success Work
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
One composition is meagre, though it has many figures; another is rich, though it has few.
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Composition Rich
I am wholly yours – you are everything to me; we will sustain each other in all the ills of life it may please fate to inflict upon us; you will soothe my troubles; I will comfort you in yours.
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Each Other Life Trouble Yourself
The man who first pronounced the barbarous word God ought to have been immediately destroyed.
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Destroy Man Pronounce
When one compares the talents one has with those of a Leibniz , one is tempted to throw away one’s books and go die quietly in the dark of some forgotten corner.
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Compare Corner Forget Talent Temptation

There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it.

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