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I have not the hope of being immortal, because the desire of it has not given me that vanity.

Denis Diderot

Posterity for the philosopher is what the other world is for the religious man.
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Man Philosophy Poster Religious
From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.
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Oneself Path Step
Whether God exists or does not exist, He has come to rank among the most sublime and useless truths.
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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
We swallow with one gulp the lie that flatters us, and drink drop by drop the truth which is bitter to us.
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Bitter Lying Swallow Truth
We are all instruments endowed with feeling and memory. Our senses are so many strings that are struck by surrounding objects and that also frequently strike themselves.
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Feeling Instrument Memories Object Surround
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
Two qualities essential for the artist: moralityand perspective.
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Artist Essential Moral Perspective Quality
When we know to read our own hearts, we acquire wisdom of the heartsof others.
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Heart Known Wisdom
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
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
The world is the house of the strong.
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Hard Time Inspirational Strong World
Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad.
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Bad Country Goodness Government Moral
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
Doctors are always working to preserve our health and cooks to destroy it, but the latter are the more often successful.
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Destroy Doctor Preserve Success Work
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

I have not the hope of being immortal, because the desire of it has not given me that vanity.

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