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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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People praise virtue, but they hate it, they run away from it. It freezes you to death, and in this world youve got to keep your feet warm. – Denis Diderot

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Only the brave know how to forgive… a coward never forgave it is not in his nature. – Laurence Sterne

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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature. – Socrates

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