The best mannered people make the most absurd lovers.
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Sentences are like sharp nails, which force truth upon our memories.Denis Diderot
To prove the Gospels by a miracle is to prove an absurdity by something contrary to nature
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When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry, in painting, and in music.
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No man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings.
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The following general definition of an animal a system of different organic molecules that have combined with one another, under the impulsion of a sensation similar to an obtuse and muffled sense of touch given to them by the creator of matter as a whole, until each one of them has found the most suitable position for its shape and comfort.
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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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