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There is no good father who would want to resemble our Heavenly Father.

Denis Diderot

Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those who obey.
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Command Force Obedience Power Violence
The wisest among us is very lucky never to have met the woman, be she beautiful or ugly, intelligent or stupid, who could drive him crazy enough to be fit to be put into an asylum.
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Beautiful Crazy Drive Enough Wisdom Woman
Two qualities essential for the artist: moralityand perspective.
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Artist Essential Moral Perspective Quality
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
Posterity for the philosopher is what the other world is for the religious man.
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Man Philosophy Poster Religious
We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates.
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Association Catch Ourselves Vice
One composition is meagre, though it has many figures; another is rich, though it has few.
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Composition Rich
There are cats and cats.
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Cat One Liner
If you want me to believe in God, you must make me touch him.
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Believe God Himself Touch
We are all instruments endowed with feeling and memory. Our senses are so many strings that are struck by surrounding objects and that also frequently strike themselves.
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Feeling Instrument Memories Object Surround
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
In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more than push it as far as it will go.
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Necessary Order Shake Willing
What a fine comedy this world would be if one did not play a part in it.
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Comedy Oneself Play World
If you disturb the colors of the rainbow, the rainbow is no longer beautiful.
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Beautiful Color Disturb Rainbow
It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all.
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Believe God Important
There is only one passion, the passion for happiness.
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Happiness Oneself Passion

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