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I feel, I think, I judge; therefore, a part of organized matter like me is capable of feeling, thinking, and judging.

Denis Diderot

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
Scepticism is the first step toward truth.
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Path Step Truth
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
The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers.
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Anand Thakur
All children are essentially criminal.
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Children Crime Essential
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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Believe God Important
It has been said that love robs those who have it of their wit, and gives it to those who have none.
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Love Rob
Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.
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Arouse Patriot Society
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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Anand Thakur
Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.
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Philosophy Road
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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Divorce Improvement Marriage Partner Population Possible
You risk just as much in being credulous as in being suspicious.
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Anand Thakur
From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.
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Oneself Path Step
In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more than push it as far as it will go.
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Necessary Order Shake Willing
Whether God exists or does not exist, He has come to rank among the most sublime and useless truths.
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Anand Thakur
Only a very bad theologian would confuse the certainty that follows revelation with the truths that are revealed. They are entirely different things.
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Bad Confusion Different Follow Reveal Truth

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