"I have never been hurt by what I have not said."

Coolidge, Calvin on words
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"Distance is a great promoter of admiration!"

Diderot, Denis on admiration
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"Disturbances in society are never more fearful than when those who are stirring up the trouble can use the pretext of religion to mask their true designs."

Diderot, Denis on evolution   

"Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild."

Diderot, Denis on poetry and poets
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"There is only one passion, the passion for happiness."

Diderot, Denis on passion
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"We swallow with one gulp the lie that flatters us, and drink drop by drop the truth which is bitter to us."

Diderot, Denis on flattery
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"The most dangerous madmen are those created by religion, and people whose aim is to disrupt society always know how to make good use of them on occasion."

Diderot, Denis on fanatics and fanaticism
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"Every man has his dignity. I'm willing to forget mine, but at my own discretion and not when someone else tells me to."

Diderot, Denis on dignity
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"To love without role, without power plays, is revolution."

Brown, Rita Mae on love
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"Love is the river of life in the world."

Beecher, Henry Ward on love
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"We must love one another or die."

Auden, W. H. on love
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"The heart will break, but broken live on."

Byron, Lord on art
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