"To be born in imbecility, in the midst……" — Denis Diderot

To be born in imbecility, in the midst of pain and crisis;… - Denis Diderot

"To be born in imbecility, in the midst of pain and crisis; to be the plaything of ignorance, error, need, sickness, wickedness, and passions; to return step by step to imbecility, from the time of lisping to that of doting; to live among knaves and charlatans of all kinds; to die between one man who takes your pulse and another who troubles your head; never to know where you come from, why you come and where you are going! That is what is called the most important gift of our parents and nature. Life."

— Denis Diderot

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