The God of the Christians is a father who makes much of his apples, and very little of his children.
From Denis Diderot
The best doctor is the one you run to and can't find.
No man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings.
To attempt the destruction of our passions is the height of folly. What a noble aim is that of the zealot who tortures himself like a madman in order to desire nothing, love nothing, feel nothing, and who, if he succeeded, would end up a complete monster!
We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.
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.
It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire.
Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory.
The first step towards philosophy is incredulity.
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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