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He whom we call a gentleman is no longer the man of Nature.

Denis Diderot

Do you see this egg? With this you can topple every theological theory, every church or temple in the world.
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See Theory 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
The decisions of law courts should never be printed: in the long run, they form a counter authority to the law.
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Anand Thakur
The blood of Jesus Christ can cover a multitude of sins, it seems to me.
DENIS DIDEROT

Blood God Myself Sin
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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Action Direction Generous Object
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
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
It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it.
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Anand Thakur
There is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in civilized societies.
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Civilization Inflict Kind Man Society Woman
A nation which thinks that it is belief in God and not good law which makes people honest does not seem to me very advanced.
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Belief Law Myself Nation People Thinking
The Christian religion teaches us to imitate a God that is cruel, insidious, jealous, and implacable in his wrath.
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Anand Thakur
The best mannered people make the most absurd lovers.
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Absurd Best Lover People
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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Himself Passion Pleasure Source
One may demand of me that I should seek truth, but not that I should find it.
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Demand Finding Oneself Seek Truth
Anyone who takes it upon himself, on his private authority, to break a bad law, thereby authorizes everyone else to break the good ones.
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Authority Break Goodness Oneself Privacy
In order to get as much fame as one’s father one has to much more able than he.
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Fame Father Himself Order

He whom we call a gentleman is no longer the man of Nature.

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