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The best mannered people make the most absurd lovers.

Denis Diderot

Only a very bad theologian would confuse the certainty that follows revelation with the truths that are revealed. They are entirely different things.
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Bad Confusion Different Follow Reveal Truth
When one compares the talents one has with those of a Leibniz , one is tempted to throw away one’s books and go die quietly in the dark of some forgotten corner.
DENIS DIDEROT

Compare Corner Forget Talent Temptation
The infant runs toward it with its eyes closed, the adult is stationary, the old man approaches it with his back turned.
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Adult Eyes Infant Man Old
My friend, you should blow out your candle in order to find your way more clearly.
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Blow Clear Finding Friendship Way
Isn’t it better to have men being ungrateful than to miss a chance to do good?
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Better Chance Goodness Man
Do you see this egg? With this you can topple every theological theory, every church or temple in the world.
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See Theory World
Evil always turns up in this world through some genius or other.
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Evil Genius World
No man has received from nature the right to give orders to others. Freedom is a gift from heaven, and every individual of the same species has the right to enjoy it as soon as he is in enjoyment of his reason.
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Enjoyment Heaven Man Nature Reason Receive
Are we not madder than those first inhabitants of the plain of Sennar? We know that the distance separating the earth from the sky is infinite, and yet we do not stop building our tower.
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Build Distance Infinite Mad Plain Separate Tower
First of all move me, surprise me, rend my heart; make me tremble, weep, shudder; outrage me; delight my eyes afterwards if you can.
DENIS DIDEROT

Delight Move Surprise Yourself
Ignorance is less remote from the truth than prejudice.
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Ignorance Prejudice Remote Truth
Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory.
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Force Memories Ourselves Sentence Truth
The blood of Jesus Christ can cover a multitude of sins, it seems to me.
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Blood God Myself Sin
Integrity is the evidence of all civil virtues.
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Evidence Integrity Virtue
It has been said that love robs those who have it of their wit, and gives it to those who have none.
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Love Rob
Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey.
DENIS DIDEROT

Command Justice Obedience Virtue

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