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

Denis Diderot

You can be sure that a painter reveals himself in his work as much as and more than a writer does in his.
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Himself Paint Reveal Writing
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
Disturbances in society are never more fearful than when those who are stirring up the trouble can use the pretext of religion to mask their true designs.
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Design Disturb Trouble True
From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.
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Oneself Path Step
One composition is meagre, though it has many figures; another is rich, though it has few.
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Composition Rich
Good music is very close to primitive language.
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Goodness Language Music Primitive
There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it.
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Convenience Moral Perception
There is only one duty; that is to be happy.
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Happiness Oneself Responsibility
In order to get as much fame as one’s father one has to much more able than he.
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Fame Father Himself Order
Only God and some few rare geniuses can keep forging ahead into novelty.
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God Novel Rare
People praise virtue, but they hate it, they run away from it. It freezes you to death, and in this world you’ve got to keep your feet warm.
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Anand Thakur
The most dangerous madmen are those created by religion, and people whose aim is to disrupt society always know how to make good use of them on occasion.
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Creation Dangerous Mad Man Occasion Religion
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
In general, children, like men, and men, like children, prefer entertainment to education.
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Children Education Entertainment Man Preference
It is raining bombs on the house of the Lord. I go in fear and trembling lest one of these terrible bombers gets into difficulties.
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Difficult God Home Raining
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

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

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