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In general, children, like men, and men, like children, prefer entertainment to education.
Denis Diderot
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Denis Diderot
Age: 70 †
Born: 1713
Born: October 5
Died: 1784
Died: July 31
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Which is the greater merit, to enlighten the human race, which remains forever, or to save one's fatherland, which is perishable?
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Scepticism is the first step toward truth.
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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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Superstition is more injurious to God than atheism.
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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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From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.
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But if you will recall the history of our civil troubles, you will see half the nation bathe itself, out of piety, in the blood of the other half, and violate the fundamental feelings of humanity in order to sustain the cause of God: as though it were necessary to cease to be a man in order to prove oneself religious!
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Do you see this egg? With this you can topple every theological theory, every church or temple in the world.
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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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We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates.
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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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You have to make it happen.
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Mankind have banned the Divinity from their presence they have relegated him to a sanctuary the walls of the temple restrict his view he does not exist outside of it.
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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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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 blood of Jesus Christ can cover a multitude of sins, it seems to me.
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Evil always turns up in this world through some genius or other.
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It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all.
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There is only one passion, the passion for happiness.
Denis Diderot
Jacques said that his master said that everything good or evil we encounter here below was written on high.
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