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Only God and some few rare geniuses can keep forging ahead into novelty.
Denis Diderot
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Denis Diderot
Age: 70 †
Born: 1713
Born: October 5
Died: 1784
Died: July 31
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The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers.
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Anyone who takes it upon himself, on his private authority, to break a bad law, thereby authorizes everyone else to break the good ones.
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At an early age I sucked up the milk of Homer, Virgil, Horace, Terence, Anacreon, Plato and Euripides, diluted with that of Moses and the prophets.
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All things must be examined, debated, investigated without exception and without regard for anyone's feelings.
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Scepticism is the first step towards truth.
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If there were a reason for preferring the Christian religion to natural religion, it would be because the former offers us, on the nature of God and man, enlightenment that the latter lacks. Now, this is not at all the case for Christianity, instead of clarifying, gives rise to an infinite multitude of obscurities and difficulties.
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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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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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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 world is the house of the strong.
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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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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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How easy it is to tell tales!
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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 risk just as much in being credulous as in being suspicious.
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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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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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You have to make it happen.
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The bad gives rise to the good, the good inspires the better, the better produces the excellent, the excellent is followed by the bizarre
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Integrity is the evidence of all civil virtues.
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