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To describe women, the pen should be dipped in the humid colors of the rainbow, and the paper dried with the dust gathered from the wings of a butterfly.

Denis Diderot

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers.
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Anand Thakur
The infant runs toward it with its eyes closed, the adult is stationary, the old man approaches it with his back turned.
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Adult Eyes Infant Man Old
When one compares the talents one has with those of a Leibniz , one is tempted to throw away one’s books and go die quietly in the dark of some forgotten corner.
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Compare Corner Forget Talent Temptation
Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.
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Philosophy Road
Evil always turns up in this world through some genius or other.
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Evil Genius World
I have not the hope of being immortal, because the desire of it has not given me that vanity.
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Desire Hope Immortal Myself
What is a monster? A being whose survival is incompatible with the existing order.
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Existence Monster Survive
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
The man who first pronounced the barbarous word God ought to have been immediately destroyed.
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Destroy Man Pronounce
Scepticism is the first step toward truth.
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Path Step Truth
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
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
And his hands would plait the priest’s entrails, For want of a rope, to strangle kings.
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Hands King Priest
At an early age I sucked up the milk of Homer, Virgil, Horace, Terence, Anacreon, Plato and Euripides, diluted with that of Moses and the prophets.
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Age Early Milk Myself
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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Himself Paint Reveal Writing
First of all move me, surprise me, rend my heart; make me tremble, weep, shudder; outrage me; delight my eyes afterwards if you can.
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Delight Move Surprise Yourself

To describe women, the pen should be dipped in the humid colors of the rainbow, and the paper dried with the dust gathered from the wings of a butterfly.

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