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Isn’t it better to have men being ungrateful than to miss a chance to do good?

Denis Diderot

To prove the Gospels by a miracle is to prove an absurdity by something contrary to nature.
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Anand Thakur
Poetry needs something on the scale of the grand, the barbarous, the savage.
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Poetry Savage Scale
The blood of Jesus Christ can cover a multitude of sins, it seems to me.
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Blood God Myself Sin
Give, but, if possible, spare the poor man the shame of begging.
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Beg Compassionate Man Poor Possible Shame
One composition is meagre, though it has many figures; another is rich, though it has few.
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Composition Rich
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
Only God and some few rare geniuses can keep forging ahead into novelty.
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God Novel Rare
It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all.
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Believe God Important
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
Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off.
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Burden Gratitude Hard Time Hope
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
Isn’t it better to have men being ungrateful than to miss a chance to do good?
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Better Chance Goodness Man
Scepticism is the first step towards truth.
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Step Truth
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
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
Passions destroy more prejudices than philosophy does.
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Destroy Passion Philosophy Prejudice

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