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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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A nation which thinks that it is belief in God and not good law which makes people honest does not seem to me very advanced.
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To say that man is a compound of strength and weakness, light and darkness, smallness and greatness, is not to indict him, it is to define him.
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Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.
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Isn't it better to have men being ungrateful than to miss a chance to do good?
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Integrity is the evidence of all civil virtues.
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It is not the man who is beside himself, but he who is cool and collected,--who is master of his countenance, of his voice, of his actions, of his gestures, of every part of his play,--who can work upon others at his pleasure.
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If the weather is too cold or rainy, I take shelter in the Regence Cafe, where I entertain myself by watching chess being played. Paris is the world center, and this cafe is the Paris centre for the finest skill at this game.
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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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The world is the house of the strong.
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The infant runs toward it with its eyes closed, the adult is stationary, the old man approaches it with his back turned.
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The Christian religion teaches us to imitate a God that is cruel, insidious, jealous, and implacable in his wrath.
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There is only one passion, the passion for happiness.
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Only the bad man is alone.
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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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The arbitrary rule of a just and enlightened prince is always bad. His virtues are the most dangerous and the surest form of seduction: they lull a people imperceptibly into the habit of loving, respecting, and serving his successor, whoever that successor may be, no matter how wicked or stupid.
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Superstition is more injurious to God than atheism.
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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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Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.
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