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He whom we call a gentleman is no longer the man of Nature.
Denis Diderot
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Denis Diderot
Age: 70 †
Born: 1713
Born: October 5
Died: 1784
Died: July 31
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My friend, you should blow out your candle in order to find your way more clearly.
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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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Tous les jours on couche avec des femmes qu'on n'aime pas, et l'on ne couche pas avec des femmes qu'on aime. Every day we sleep with women we do not love and don't sleep with the women we do love.
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