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Those who fear the facts will forever try to discredit the fact-finders.
Denis Diderot
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Denis Diderot
Age: 70 †
Born: 1713
Born: October 5
Died: 1784
Died: July 31
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You risk just as much in being credulous as in being suspicious.
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It is not the man who is beside himself, but he who is cool and collected,--who is master of his countenance, of his voice, of his actions, of his gestures, of every part of his play,--who can work upon others at his pleasure.
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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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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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A thing is not proved because no one has ever questioned it... Skepticism is the first step toward truth.
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The blood of Jesus Christ can cover a multitude of sins, it seems to me.
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Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off.
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The decisions of law courts should never be printed: in the long run, they form a counter authority to the law.
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I can be expected to look for truth but not to find it.
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When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry, in painting, and in music.
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How easy it is to tell tales!
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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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