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It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it.

~Denis Diderot

Topics: Accuse Conventions Despicable Human Human Nature Nature Should

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His hands would plait the priest's guts, if he had no rope, to strangle kings.

~Denis Diderot

Topics: Guts Had Hands He His Kings Priest Rope Strangle Would

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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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Topics: Believe God Important Mistake Very

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One declaims endlessly against the passions; one imputes all of man's suffering to them. One forgets that they are also the source of all his pleasures.

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Topics: Against Also Endlessly Forgets His Man Passions Pleasures Source Suffering Them

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Only a very bad theologian would confuse the certainty that follows revelation with the truths that are revealed. They are entirely different things.

~Denis Diderot

Topics: Bad Certainty Confuse Different Different Things Entirely Follows Only Revealed Revelation Theologian Things Truths Very Would

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The God of the Christians is a father who makes much of his apples, and very little of his children.

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Topics: Apples Children Christians Father God His Little Makes Much Very Who

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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.

~Denis Diderot

Topics: Age Carrying Events Every Extraordinary Flows Forth Genius Heat Mass Melt Men Occur Present Remain Them Unless Up Within

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Editor

Born: October 5th, 1713

Died: July 31st, 1784

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