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Denis Diderot

"Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey."

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"Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey."

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"Assume a virtue if you have it not."

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"Crime when it succeeds is called virtue."

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"The only thing is, people have to develop courage. It is most important of all the virtues. Because without courage, you can't practice any other virtues consistently."

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"There are two things that men should never weary of, goodness and humility; we get none too much of them in this rough world among cold, proud people."

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"To copy a virtue in another is more copying than it is virtue. Try to learn what that virtue is based upon."

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"Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set."

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"It is not living that matters, but living rightly."

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"There is certainly no greater happiness than to be able to look back on a life usefully and virtuously employed to trace our own progress in existence by such tokens as excite neither shame nor sorrow."

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"The real virtue is not to be free from desires but to be content with what you have."

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"Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful."

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"People praise virtue, but they hate it, they run away from it. It freezes you to death, and in this world you've got to keep your feet warm."
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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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"All abstract sciences are nothing but the study of relations between signs."
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"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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"The decisions of law courts should never be printed: in the long run, they form a counter authority to the law."
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"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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"Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory."
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"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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"There is only one passion, the passion for happiness."
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"Good music is very close to primitive language."
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