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Integrity is the evidence of all civil virtues.

Denis Diderot

Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.
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Arouse Patriot Society
Instinct guides the animal better than the man. In the animal it is pure, in man it is led astray by his reason and intelligence.
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Animal Guide Instinct Intelligence Reason
What is a monster? A being whose survival is incompatible with the existing order.
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Existence Monster Survive
It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it.
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Anand Thakur
Do you see this egg? With this you can topple every theological theory, every church or temple in the world.
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See Theory World
The general interest of the masses might take the place of the insight of genius if it were allowed freedom of action.
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Action Allow Freedom Genius Interest Place
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
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
Watch out for the fellow who talks about putting things in order! Putting things in order always means getting other people under your control.
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Control Order People Yourself
Distance is a great promoter of admiration.
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Admire Distance Greatness Promote
Scepticism is the first step toward truth.
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Path Step Truth
Genius is present in every age, but the men carrying it within them remain benumbed unless extraordinary events occur to heat up and melt the mass so that it flows forth.
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Anand Thakur
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
Anyone who takes it upon himself, on his private authority, to break a bad law, thereby authorizes everyone else to break the good ones.
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Authority Break Goodness Oneself Privacy
Philosophy is as far separated from impiety as religion is from fanaticism.
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Philosophy Religion Separate
There is no true sovereign except the nation; there can be no true legislator except the people.
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Anand Thakur

Integrity is the evidence of all civil virtues.

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