It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all.
DENIS DIDEROT
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It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all.
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The possibility of divorce renders both marriage partners stricter in their observance of the duties they owe to each other. Divorces help to improve morals and to increase the population.
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Does not vanity itself cease to be blamable, is it not even ennobled, when it is directed to laudable objects, when it confines itself to prompting us to great and generous actions?
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The best doctor is the one you run to and can’t find.
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The pit of a theatre is the one place where the tears of virtuous and wicked men alike are mingled.
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You have to make it happen.
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Genius is present in every age, but the men carrying it within them remain benumbed unless extraordinary events occur to heat up and melt the mass so that it flows forth.
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If you disturb the colors of the rainbow, the rainbow is no longer beautiful.
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Two qualities essential for the artist: moralityand perspective.
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Integrity is the evidence of all civil virtues.
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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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Isn’t it better to have men being ungrateful than to miss a chance to do good?
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We are all instruments endowed with feeling and memory. Our senses are so many strings that are struck by surrounding objects and that also frequently strike themselves.
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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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