We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little b… — Quoted

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

Denis Diderot · Truth

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Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.

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There is only one passion, the passion for happiness.

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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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Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad.

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