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When we know to read our own hearts, we acquire wisdom of the heartsof others.

Denis Diderot

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
Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.
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Greatness Passion Soul
Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.
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Philosophy Road
When we know to read our own hearts, we acquire wisdom of the heartsof others.
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Heart Known Wisdom
It has been said that love robs those who have it of their wit, and gives it to those who have none.
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Love Rob
No man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings.
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Command Himself Man Nature Right
It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire.
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Desire Fact Production True Willing
When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry, in painting, and in music.
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Allow Music Painting Performance Poetry Superstitious
There is no true sovereign except the nation; there can be no true legislator except the people.
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Anand Thakur
There is less harm to be suffered in being mad among madmen than in being sane all by oneself.
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Hard Mad Oneself Suffering
Ignorance is less remote from the truth than prejudice.
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Ignorance Prejudice Remote Truth
Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey.
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Command Justice Obedience Virtue
There’s a bit of testicle at the bottom of our most sublime feelings and our purest tenderness.
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Anand Thakur
Jacques said that his master said that everything good or evil we encounter here below was written on high.
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Evil Goodness High Master Writing
And his hands would plait the priest’s entrails, For want of a rope, to strangle kings.
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Hands King Priest
First move me, astonish me, break my heart, let me tremble, weep, stare, be enraged-only then regale my eyes.
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Astonishment Eyes Move Myself

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