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Posterity for the philosopher is what the other world is for the religious man.
Denis Diderot
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Denis Diderot
Age: 70 †
Born: 1713
Born: October 5
Died: 1784
Died: July 31
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All things must be examined, debated, investigated without exception and without regard for anyone's feelings.
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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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There is less harm to be suffered in being mad among madmen than in being sane all by oneself.
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I discuss with myself questions of politics, love, taste, or philosophy. I let my mind rove wantonly, give it free rein to followany idea, wise or mad that may present itself. My ideas are my harlots.
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Only the bad man is alone.
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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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He whom we call a gentleman is no longer the man of Nature.
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Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off.
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Jacques said that his master said that everything good or evil we encounter here below was written on high.
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You have to make it happen.
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Instinct guides the animal better than the man. In the animal it is pure, in man it is led astray by his reason and intelligence.
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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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Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.
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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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One may demand of me that I should seek truth, but not that I should find it
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Disturbances in society are never more fearful than when those who are stirring up the trouble can use the pretext of religion to mask their true designs.
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We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates.
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No man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings.
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My friend, you should blow out your candle in order to find your way more clearly.
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Those who fear the facts will forever try to discredit the fact-finders.
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