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We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates.

Denis Diderot

To say that man is a compound of strength and weakness, light and darkness, smallness and greatness, is not to indict him, it is to define him.
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Definition Himself Man Strength Weakness
Distance is a great promoter of admiration.
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Admire Distance Greatness Promote
There is no true sovereign except the nation; there can be no true legislator except the people.
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Anand Thakur
My ideas are my whores.
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Ideas One Liner Whore
There is only one duty; that is to be happy.
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Happiness Oneself Responsibility
The best doctor is the one you run to and can’t find.
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Best Doctor Finding Oneself Run
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
Scepticism is the first step toward truth.
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Path Step Truth
I discuss with myself questions of politics, love, taste, or philosophy. I let my mind rove wantonly, give it free rein to followany idea, wise or mad that may present itself. My ideas are my harlots.
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Discussion Love Mad Mindset Myself Politics Present Taste
First move me, astonish me, break my heart, let me tremble, weep, stare, be enraged-only then regale my eyes.
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Astonishment Eyes Move Myself
It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire.
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Desire Fact Production True Willing
Superstition is more injurious to God than atheism.
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Atheist God Injurious
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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Command Force Obedience Power Violence
Two qualities essential for the artist: moralityand perspective.
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Artist Essential Moral Perspective Quality
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
Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.
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Greatness Passion Soul

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