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Anyone who takes it upon himself, on his private authority, to break a bad law, thereby authorizes everyone else to break the good ones.

Denis Diderot

Evil always turns up in this world through some genius or other.
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Evil Genius World
Good music is very close to primitive language.
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Goodness Language Music Primitive
If you want me to believe in God, you must make me touch him.
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Believe God Himself Touch
For me, my thoughts are my prostitutes.
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Myself Prostitute Thinking
Which is the greater merit, to enlighten the human race, which remains forever, or to save one’s fatherland, which is perishable?
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Enlightenment Father Greatness Oneself Perish Save
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
The wisest among us is very lucky never to have met the woman, be she beautiful or ugly, intelligent or stupid, who could drive him crazy enough to be fit to be put into an asylum.
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Beautiful Crazy Drive Enough Wisdom Woman
One composition is meagre, though it has many figures; another is rich, though it has few.
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Composition Rich
I feel, I think, I judge; therefore, a part of organized matter like me is capable of feeling, thinking, and judging.
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Feeling Judgement Thinking
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
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
Our observation of nature must be diligent, our reflection profound, and our experiments exact. We rarely see these three means combined; and for this reason, creative geniuses are not common.
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Creative Experiment Genius Nature Observation
Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off.
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Burden Gratitude Hard Time Hope
Only God and some few rare geniuses can keep forging ahead into novelty.
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God Novel Rare
How easy it is to tell tales!
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Easy Story
The enjoyment of freedom which could be exercised without any motivation would be the real hallmark of a maniac.
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