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The enjoyment of freedom which could be exercised without any motivation would be the real hallmark of a maniac.

Denis Diderot

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
Only the bad man is alone.
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Alone Bad Man
There is only one duty; that is to be happy.
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Happiness Oneself Responsibility
The bad gives rise to the good, the good inspires the better, the better produces the excellent, the excellent is followed by the bizarre
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Anand Thakur
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
Give, but, if possible, spare the poor man the shame of begging.
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Beg Compassionate Man Poor Possible Shame
Philosophy is as far separated from impiety as religion is from fanaticism.
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Philosophy Religion Separate
Isn’t it better to have men being ungrateful than to miss a chance to do good?
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Better Chance Goodness Man
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
What is a monster? A being whose survival is incompatible with the existing order.
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Existence Monster Survive
The God of the Christians is a father who makes much of his apples, and very little of his children.
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Children Father God Himself
Our observation of nature must be diligent, our reflection profound, and our experiments exact. We rarely see these three means combined; and for this reason, creative geniuses are not common.
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Creative Experiment Genius Nature Observation
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
Distance is a great promoter of admiration.
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Admire Distance Greatness Promote
To say that man is a compound of strength and weakness, light and darkness, smallness and greatness, is not to indict him, it is to define him.
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Definition Himself Man Strength Weakness
Only passions, and great passions, can raise the soul to great things. Without them there is no sublimity, either in morals or in creativity. Art returns to infancy, and virtue becomes small-minded.
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Greatness Mindset Moral Passion Raise Small Soul

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