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Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey.

Denis Diderot

Does anyone really know where they’re going to?
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Direction Journey Path
No man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings.
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Command Himself Man Nature Right
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
There is only one virtue, justice; only one duty, to be happy; only one corollary, not to overvalue life and not to fear death.
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Death Fear Happiness Justice Virtue
Posterity for the philosopher is what the other world is for the religious man.
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Man Philosophy Poster Religious
The most dangerous madmen are those created by religion, and people whose aim is to disrupt society always know how to make good use of them on occasion.
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Creation Dangerous Mad Man Occasion Religion
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
Disturbances in society are never more fearful than when those who are stirring up the trouble can use the pretext of religion to mask their true designs.
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Design Disturb Trouble True
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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Butterfly Color Pen Wings Woman
For me, my thoughts are my prostitutes.
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Myself Prostitute Thinking
You risk just as much in being credulous as in being suspicious.
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Anand Thakur
What a fine comedy this world would be if one did not play a part in it.
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Comedy Oneself Play World
There is no true sovereign except the nation; there can be no true legislator except the people.
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Anand Thakur
If there is one realm in which it is essential to be sublime, it is in wickedness. You spit on a petty thief, but you can’t deny a kind of respect for the great criminal.
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Essential Kind Respect Wicked Yourself
Bad company is as instructive as licentiousness. One makes up for the loss of one’s innocence with the loss of one’s prejudices.
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Bad Company Innocent Instruction Loss One Prejudice
Shakespeare’s fault is not the greatest into which a poet may fall. It merely indicates a deficiency of taste.
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Book Greatness Literature Poet Taste

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