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The world is the house of the strong.
Denis Diderot
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Denis Diderot
Age: 70 †
Born: 1713
Born: October 5
Died: 1784
Died: July 31
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There is no good father who would want to resemble our Heavenly Father.
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Integrity is the evidence of all civil virtues.
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The blood of Jesus Christ can cover a multitude of sins, it seems to me.
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No man has received from nature the right to give orders to others. Freedom is a gift from heaven, and every individual of the same species has the right to enjoy it as soon as he is in enjoyment of his reason.
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If there are one hundred thousand damned souls for one saved soul, the devil has always the advantage without having given up his son to death.
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My friend, you should blow out your candle in order to find your way more clearly.
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The general interest of the masses might take the place of the insight of genius if it were allowed freedom of action.
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Ignorance is less remote from the truth than prejudice.
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If reason be a gift of Heaven, and we can say as much of faith, Heaven has certainly made us two gifts not only incompatible, but in direct contradiction to each other. In order to solve the difficulty, we are compelled to say either that faith is a chimera or that reason is useless.
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I feel, I think, I judge therefore, a part of organized matter like me is capable of feeling, thinking, and judging.
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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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Good music is very close to primitive language.
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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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