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Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.
Denis Diderot
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Denis Diderot
Age: 70 †
Born: 1713
Born: October 5
Died: 1784
Died: July 31
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Only the bad man is alone.
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The decisions of law courts should never be printed: in the long run, they form a counter authority to the law.
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The fact is that she was terribly undressed and I was extremely undressed too. The fact is that I still had my hand where she didn't have anything and she had hers where the same wasn't quite true of me. The fact is that I found myself underneath her and consequently she found herself on top of me.
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Only a very bad theologian would confuse the certainty that follows revelation with the truths that are revealed. They are entirely different things.
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First of all move me, surprise me, rend my heart make me tremble, weep, shudder outrage me delight my eyes afterwards if you can.
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Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.
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Bad company is as instructive as licentiousness. One makes up for the loss of one's innocence with the loss of one's prejudices.
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There's a bit of testicle at the bottom of our most sublime feelings and our purest tenderness.
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There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it.
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