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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

The best mannered people make the most absurd lovers.
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Absurd Best Lover People
Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off.
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Burden Gratitude Hard Time Hope
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
There is less harm to be suffered in being mad among madmen than in being sane all by oneself.
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Hard Mad Oneself Suffering
Every man has his dignity. I’m willing to forget mine, but at my own discretion and not when someone else tells me to.
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Dignity Man Myself Willing
I am wholly yours – you are everything to me; we will sustain each other in all the ills of life it may please fate to inflict upon us; you will soothe my troubles; I will comfort you in yours.
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Each Other Life Trouble Yourself
Time, matter, space – all, it may be, are no more than a point.
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Anand Thakur
Only God and some few rare geniuses can keep forging ahead into novelty.
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God Novel Rare
To prove the Gospels by a miracle is to prove an absurdity by something contrary to nature.
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Anand Thakur
One may demand of me that I should seek truth, but not that I should find it.
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Demand Finding Oneself Seek Truth
Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.
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Philosophy Road
It has been said that love robs those who have it of their wit, and gives it to those who have none.
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Love Rob
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
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
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
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

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

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