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It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire.

Denis Diderot

You risk just as much in being credulous as in being suspicious.
DENIS DIDEROT

Anand Thakur
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
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
Scepticism is the first step toward truth.
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Path Step Truth
Philosophy is as far separated from impiety as religion is from fanaticism.
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Philosophy Religion Separate
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
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
How easy it is to tell tales!
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Easy Story
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
I feel, I think, I judge; therefore, a part of organized matter like me is capable of feeling, thinking, and judging.
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Feeling Judgement Thinking
There are cats and cats.
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Cat One Liner
There is no good father who would want to resemble our Heavenly Father.
DENIS DIDEROT

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

Desire Hope Immortal Myself
All children are essentially criminal.
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Children Crime Essential
The God of the Christians is a father who makes much of his apples, and very little of his children.
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Children Father God Himself
The man who first pronounced the barbarous word God ought to have been immediately destroyed.
DENIS DIDEROT

Destroy Man Pronounce

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