There is only one virtue, justice; only one duty, to be happy; only one corollary, not to overvalue life and not to fear death. (Denis Diderot)

There is only one virtue, justice; only one duty, to be happy; only one corollary, not to overvalue life and not to fear death.

Denis Diderot

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