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Denis Diderot

Denis Diderot

Denis Diderot () (October 5, 1713 – July 31, 1784) was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer. He was a prominent person during the Enlightenment and is best known for serving as co-founder, chief editor, and contributor to the Encyclopédie along with Jean le Rond d'Alembert.

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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When science, art, literature, and philosophy are simply the manifestation of personality they are on a level where glorious and dazzling achievements are possible, which can make a man's name live for thousands of years.
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Genius is present in every age, but the men carrying it within them remain benumbed unless extraordinary events occur to heat up and melt the mass so that it flows forth.
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The best doctor is the one you run to and can't find.
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There are things I can't force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint.
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People praise virtue, but they hate it, they run away from it. It freezes you to death, and in this world you've got to keep your feet warm.
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Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully; and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure; and if he does not hurt any living being, he is a holy man.
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The general interest of the masses might take the place of the insight of genius if it were allowed freedom of action.
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Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.
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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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