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Denis Diderot has 133 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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There is no true sovereign except the nation; there can be no true legislator except the people.
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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…
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It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product…
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When we know to read our own hearts, we acquire wisdom of the heartsof others.
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In order to get as much fame as one's father one has to much more able than he.
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There is less harm to be suffered in being mad among madmen than in being sane all by oneself.
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Posterity for the philosopher is what the other world is for the religious man.
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What has not been examined impartially has not been well examined. Skepticism is therefore the first step towards truth.
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I picture the vast realm of the sciences as an immense landscape scattered with patches of dark and light. The goal towards…
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The world is the house of the strong.
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This root [the potato], no matter how much you prepare it, is tasteless and floury. It cannot pass for an agreeable food,…
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To brand man with infamy, and let him free, is an absurdity that peoples our forests with assassins. [Fr., Rendre l'homme infame,…
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People praise you for what they suppose is in you; but you must blame your soul for what you know is in…
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The leader is best, When people are hardly aware of his existence, Not so good when people praise his government, Less good…
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People praise us behind our backs, but we hear them not; few before our faces, and who is not suspicious of the…
— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
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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…
— Denis Diderot
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'Classic.' A book which people praise and don't read.
— Mark Twain
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Happiness is within. It has nothing to do with how much applause you get or how many people praise you. Happiness comes…
— Martin Yan
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Classic book is a book which people praise, but do not read.
— Abhishek Tiwari
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'Classic'- A book in which people praise but do not read.
— Mark Twain
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