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Only a very bad theologian would confuse the certainty that follows revelation with the truths that are revealed. They are entirely different things.

Denis Diderot

Instinct guides the animal better than the man. In the animal it is pure, in man it is led astray by his reason and intelligence.
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Animal Guide Instinct Intelligence Reason
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
Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.
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Greatness Passion Soul
It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it.
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Anand Thakur
No man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings.
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Command Himself Man Nature Right
Whatever dressing one gives to mushrooms, to whatever sauces our Apiciuses put them, they are not really good but to be sent back to the dungheap where they are born.
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Anand Thakur
Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey.
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Command Justice Obedience Virtue
Give, but, if possible, spare the poor man the shame of begging.
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Beg Compassionate Man Poor Possible Shame
We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates.
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Association Catch Ourselves Vice
For me, my thoughts are my prostitutes.
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Myself Prostitute Thinking
Isn’t it better to have men being ungrateful than to miss a chance to do good?
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Better Chance Goodness Man
What has not been examined impartially has not been well examined. Skepticism is therefore the first step towards truth.
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Impartial Path Step Truth
There is no good father who would want to resemble our Heavenly Father.
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Anand Thakur
Integrity is the evidence of all civil virtues.
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Evidence Integrity Virtue
The bad gives rise to the good, the good inspires the better, the better produces the excellent, the excellent is followed by the bizarre
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Anand Thakur
The man who first pronounced the barbarous word God ought to have been immediately destroyed.
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Destroy Man Pronounce

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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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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