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Le public ne sait pas toujours de sirer le vrai. Thepublicdoesnot alwaysknowhow todesirethetruth.

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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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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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There is no good father who would want to resemble our Heavenly Father.
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First of all move me, surprise me, rend my heart make me tremble, weep, shudder outrage me delight my eyes afterwards if you can.
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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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Superstition is more injurious to God than atheism.
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We are all instruments endowed with feeling and memory. Our senses are so many strings that are struck by surrounding objects and that also frequently strike themselves.
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