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Denis Diderot

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There is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in civilized societies.


— Denis Diderot


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There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it.


— Denis Diderot


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


— Denis Diderot


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


— Denis Diderot


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You have to make it happen.


— Denis Diderot


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We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.


— Denis Diderot


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Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully; and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure; and if he does not hurt any living being, he is a holy man.


— Denis Diderot


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Diderot who had been under police surveillance since 1747 was swiftly identified as the author. Denis Diderot (French: [dəni didʁo]) (October 5 1713 – July 31 1784) was a French philosopher art critic and writer. The decree did not stop the work which went on but its difficulties increased by the necessity of being clandestine.

He was a prominent person during the Enlightenment and is best known for serving as co-founder chief editor of and contributor to the Encyclopédie along with Jean le Rond d'Alembert. Denis Diderot (French: [dəni didʁo]) (October 5 1713 – July 31 1784) was a French philosopher art critic and writer.

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