Good music is very close to primitive language. — Quoted

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“Good music is very close to primitive language.”

Denis Diderot · Music

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Denis Diderot

We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.

Truth

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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.

Marriage

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The general interest of the masses might take the place of the insight of genius if it were allowed freedom of action.

Freedom

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There is only one passion, the passion for happiness.

Happiness