"Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things."
-Denis Diderot
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"The general interest of the masses might take the place of the insight of genius if it were allowed freedom of action.“
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"There are things I can't force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint."
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"If there is one realm in which it is essential to be sublime, it is in wickedness. You spit on a petty thief, but you can't deny a kind of respect for the great criminal."
-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 man's name live for thousands of years."
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"It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it."
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"There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge... observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts reflection combines them experimentation verifies the result of that combination."
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"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same."
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"Real freedom lies in wildness, not in civilization."
-Charles Lindbergh
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