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Genius and Gaiety

In Fiction, Philosophical Fiction, Satirical
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Gaiety is a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine.

Denis Diderot – Jacque the Fatalist and his Master
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Advising the Conceited

In Fiction, Philosophical Fiction, Satirical
A

To attempt to advise conceited people is like whistling against the wind.

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Blame Social Conventions

In Fiction, Philosophical Fiction, Satirical
B

It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it.

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Mastery of Actions

In Fiction, Philosophical Fiction, Satirical
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One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels.

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Struggle for Freedom

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Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.

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Skepticism’s Value

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Skepticism is the first step towards truth.

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