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Quote by Denis Diderot
It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable convent

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

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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. – Denis Diderot

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Watch out for the fellow who talks about putting things in order! Putting things in order always means getting other people under your control. – Denis Diderot

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Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem. – Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

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My progress was rendered delightful by the sylvan elegance of the groves, chearful meadows, and high distant forests, which in grand order presented themselves to view. – William Bartram

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The wit makes fun of other persons the satirist makes fun of the world the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people – that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature. – James Thurber

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Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise. – George Washington Carver

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