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Give, but, if possible, spare the poor man the shame of begging.

Denis Diderot

Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.
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Philosophy Road
The enjoyment of freedom which could be exercised without any motivation would be the real hallmark of a maniac.
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Anand Thakur
Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.
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Greatness Passion Soul
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 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 infant runs toward it with its eyes closed, the adult is stationary, the old man approaches it with his back turned.
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Adult Eyes Infant Man Old
Give, but, if possible, spare the poor man the shame of begging.
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Beg Compassionate Man Poor Possible Shame
The Christian religion teaches us to imitate a God that is cruel, insidious, jealous, and implacable in his wrath.
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Anand Thakur
Evil always turns up in this world through some genius or other.
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Evil Genius World
No man has received from nature the right to give orders to others. Freedom is a gift from heaven, and every individual of the same species has the right to enjoy it as soon as he is in enjoyment of his reason.
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Enjoyment Heaven Man Nature Reason Receive
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
From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.
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Oneself Path Step
Poetry needs something on the scale of the grand, the barbarous, the savage.
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Poetry Savage Scale
If ever anybody dedicated his whole life to the “enthusiasm for truth and justice” using this phrase in the good sense it was Diderot.
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Dedication Enthusiasm Goodness Life Sense
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
What has not been examined impartially has not been well examined. Skepticism is therefore the first step towards truth.
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Impartial Path Step Truth

Give, but, if possible, spare the poor man the shame of begging.

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