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In any country where talent and virtue produce no advancement, money will be the national god. Its inhabitants will either have to possess money or make others believe that they do. Wealth will be the highest virtue, poverty the greatest vice.

Denis Diderot

What is a monster? A being whose survival is incompatible with the existing order.
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Existence Monster Survive
If there are one hundred thousand damned souls for one saved soul, the devil has always the advantage without having given up his son to death.
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Anand Thakur
Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.
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Greatness Passion Soul
It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it.
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Anand Thakur
Superstition is more injurious to God than atheism.
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Atheist God Injurious
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 best mannered people make the most absurd lovers.
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Absurd Best Lover People
The enjoyment of freedom which could be exercised without any motivation would be the real hallmark of a maniac.
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Anand Thakur
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
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
The world is the house of the strong.
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Hard Time Inspirational Strong World
He whom we call a gentleman is no longer the man of Nature.
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Gentle Himself Man Nature
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
We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates.
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Association Catch Ourselves Vice
Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.
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Philosophy Road
The possibility of divorce renders both marriage partners stricter in their observance of the duties they owe to each other. Divorces help to improve morals and to increase the population.
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Divorce Improvement Marriage Partner Population Possible

In any country where talent and virtue produce no advancement, money will be the national god. Its inhabitants will either have to possess money or make others believe that they do. Wealth will be the highest virtue, poverty the greatest vice.

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In any country where talent and virtue produce no advancement, money will be the national god. Its inhabitants will either have to possess money or make others believe that they do. Wealth will be the highest virtue, poverty the greatest vice.

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