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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.

Denis Diderot

Gaiety is a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine.
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Machine Order Ordinary Quality
Jacques said that his master said that everything good or evil we encounter here below was written on high.
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Evil Goodness High Master Writing
There are cats and cats.
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Cat One Liner
Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild.
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Poetry Vast Wild
Mankind have banned the Divinity from their presence; they have relegated him to a sanctuary; the walls of the temple restrict his view; he does not exist outside of it.
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Anand Thakur
All abstract sciences are nothing but the study of relations between signs.
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Abstract Relationship Sign Study
I have not the hope of being immortal, because the desire of it has not given me that vanity.
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Desire Hope Immortal Myself
The world is the house of the strong.
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Hard Time Inspirational Strong World
The God of the Christians is a father who makes much of his apples, and very little of his children.
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Children Father God Himself
One composition is meagre, though it has many figures; another is rich, though it has few.
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Composition Rich
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
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
When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry, in painting, and in music.
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Allow Music Painting Performance Poetry Superstitious
There is no true sovereign except the nation; there can be no true legislator except the people.
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Anand Thakur
If you want me to believe in God, you must make me touch him.
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Believe God Himself Touch
What is a monster? A being whose survival is incompatible with the existing order.
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Existence Monster Survive

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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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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