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Denis Diderot

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
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
The best doctor is the one you run to and can’t find.
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Best Doctor Finding Oneself Run
He whom we call a gentleman is no longer the man of Nature.
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Gentle Himself Man Nature
Our observation of nature must be diligent, our reflection profound, and our experiments exact. We rarely see these three means combined; and for this reason, creative geniuses are not common.
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Creative Experiment Genius Nature Observation
Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those who obey.
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Command Force Obedience Power Violence
Two qualities essential for the artist: moralityand perspective.
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Artist Essential Moral Perspective Quality
There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it.
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Convenience Moral Perception
You have to make it happen.
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One Liner Yourself
There is only one duty; that is to be happy.
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Happiness Oneself Responsibility
What is a monster? A being whose survival is incompatible with the existing order.
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Existence Monster Survive
I have only a small flickering light to guide me in the darkness of a thick forest. Up comes a theologian and blows it out.
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Anand Thakur
Oh! how near are genius and madness! Men imprison them and chain them, or raise statues to them.
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Genius Madness Raise Status
In general, children, like men, and men, like children, prefer entertainment to education.
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Children Education Entertainment Man Preference
The pit of a theatre is the one place where the tears of virtuous and wicked men alike are mingled.
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Anand Thakur
Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild.
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Poetry Vast Wild

Only the bad man is alone.

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