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.
Those who fear the facts will forever try to discredit the fact-finders. - Denis Diderot
Those who fear the facts will forever try to discredit the fact-finders.
- Denis Diderot
No man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings. - Denis Diderot
No man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings.
Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest. - Denis Diderot
Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.
Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things. - Denis Diderot
Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.
Watch out for the fellow who talks about putting things in order! Putting things in order always means getting other people under your control. - Denis Diderot
Watch out for the fellow who talks about putting things in order! Putting things in order always means getting other people under your control.
Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy. - Denis Diderot
Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.
You risk just as much in being credulous as in being suspicious. - Denis Diderot
You risk just as much in being credulous as in being suspicious.
All things must be examined, debated, investigated without exception and without regard for anyone's feelings. - Denis Diderot
All things must be examined, debated, investigated without exception and without regard for anyone's feelings.
Happiest are the people who give most happiness to others. - Denis Diderot
Happiest are the people who give most happiness to others.
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