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In order to get as much fame as one's father one has to much more able than he.
Denis Diderot
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Denis Diderot
Age: 70 †
Born: 1713
Born: October 5
Died: 1784
Died: July 31
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One must be oneself very little of a philosopher not to feel that the finest privilege of our reason consists in not believing in anything by the impulsion of a blind and mechanical instinct, and that it is to dishonour reason to put it in bonds as the Chaldeans did. Man is born to think for himself.
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They mistake the first manifestations of a developing sexual nature for the voice of God calling them to Himself and it is precisely when nature is inciting them that they embrace a fashion of life contrary to nature's wish.
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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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Two qualities essential for the artist: moralityand perspective.
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The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers.
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Those who fear the facts will forever try to discredit the fact-finders.
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Time, matter, space - all, it may be, are no more than a point.
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Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those who obey.
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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.
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To prove the Gospels by a miracle is to prove an absurdity by something contrary to nature.
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Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey.
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You can be sure that a painter reveals himself in his work as much as and more than a writer does in his.
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Scepticism is the first step towards truth.
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A thing is not proved because no one has ever questioned it... Skepticism is the first step toward truth.
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There is less harm to be suffered in being mad among madmen than in being sane all by oneself.
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What is a monster? A being whose survival is incompatible with the existing order.
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There is only one passion, the passion for happiness.
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No man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings.
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When one compares the talents one has with those of a Leibniz , one is tempted to throw away one's books and go die quietly in the dark of some forgotten corner.
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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.
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