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There is only one virtue, justice; only one duty, to be happy; only one corollary, not to overvalue life and not to fear death.

Denis Diderot

From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.
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Oneself Path Step
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
Good music is very close to primitive language.
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Goodness Language Music Primitive
The world is the house of the strong.
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Hard Time Inspirational Strong World
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
There are things I can’t force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint.
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Adjust Change Force Need Point View
Does not vanity itself cease to be blamable, is it not even ennobled, when it is directed to laudable objects, when it confines itself to prompting us to great and generous actions?
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Action Direction Generous Object
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
You have to make it happen.
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One Liner Yourself
Gaiety is a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine.
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Machine Order Ordinary Quality
Mankind have banned the Divinity from their presence; they have relegated him to a sanctuary; the walls of the temple restrict his view; he does not exist outside of it.
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Anand Thakur
Distance is a great promoter of admiration.
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Admire Distance Greatness Promote
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
The man who first pronounced the barbarous word God ought to have been immediately destroyed.
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Destroy Man Pronounce
Does anyone really know where they’re going to?
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Direction Journey Path
The best mannered people make the most absurd lovers.
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Absurd Best Lover People

There is only one virtue, justice; only one duty, to be happy; only one corollary, not to overvalue life and not to fear death.

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