Age Quote by Denis Diderot

“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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Time, matter, space - all, it may be, are no more than a point.

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We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates.

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One composition is meagre, though it has many figures; another is rich, though it has few.

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“One swallows the lie that flatters, but sips the bitter truth drop by drop.”

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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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Integrity is the evidence of all civil virtues.

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Watch out for the fellow who talks about putting things in order! Putting things in order always means getting other people under your control.

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