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Quote by Denis Diderot
Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things

Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things. – 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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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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We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter. – Denis Diderot

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Where words are restrained, the eyes often talk a great deal. – Samuel Richardson

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I always seem to get inspiration and renewed vitality by contact with this great novel land of yours which sticks up out of the Atlantic. – Winston Churchill

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He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger. – Confucius

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The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious occupation of manhood. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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I dont call myself a Buddhist. Im a free spirit. I believe Im here on earth to admire and enjoy it thats my religion. – Alice Walker

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People have a fear of the unknown. Insects have different senses than us, different amount of limbs and their body structure is very different. Its hard for us to really relate to them and understand them. – Dominic Monaghan

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I wouldnt change anything. I think that its important to let things happen, and stay happened. I think thats all part of the learning curve, part of fate. Im just glad that it happened. – Mike Peters

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Yet ah! why should they know their fate?
Since sorrow never comes too late,
And happiness too swiftly flies.
Thought would destroy their paradise.
No more; where ignorance is bliss,
Tis folly to be wise. – Thomas Gray

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