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Distance is a great promoter of admiration! - Denis Diderot

Distance is a great promoter of admiration! – Denis Diderot

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The arbitrary rule of a just and enlightened prince is always bad. His virtues are the most dangerous and the surest form of seduction: they lull a people imperceptibly into the habit of loving, respecting, and serving his successor, whoever that successor may be, no matter how wicked or stupid. – Denis Diderot

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Tyranny
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Denis Diderot
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When science, art, literature, and philosophy are simply the manifestation of personality they are on a level where glorious and dazzling achievements are possible, which can make a mans name live for thousands of years. – Denis Diderot

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Art
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Doctors are always working to preserve our health and cooks to destroy it, but the latter are the more often successful. – Denis Diderot

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Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth. – Nero Wolfe

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Fools admire, but men of sense approve. – Alexander Pope

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We always love those who admire us; we do not always love those whom we admire. – Francois de la Rochefoucauld

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The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why. – Jean Rostand

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