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In general, children, like men, and men, like children, prefer entertainment to education.

Denis Diderot

You can be sure that a painter reveals himself in his work as much as and more than a writer does in his.
DENIS DIDEROT

Himself Paint Reveal Writing
The possibility of divorce renders both marriage partners stricter in their observance of the duties they owe to each other. Divorces help to improve morals and to increase the population.
DENIS DIDEROT

Divorce Improvement Marriage Partner Population Possible
There are cats and cats.
DENIS DIDEROT

Cat One Liner
It is raining bombs on the house of the Lord. I go in fear and trembling lest one of these terrible bombers gets into difficulties.
DENIS DIDEROT

Difficult God Home Raining
My friend, you should blow out your candle in order to find your way more clearly.
DENIS DIDEROT

Blow Clear Finding Friendship Way
Our observation of nature must be diligent, our reflection profound, and our experiments exact. We rarely see these three means combined; and for this reason, creative geniuses are not common.
DENIS DIDEROT

Creative Experiment Genius Nature Observation
For me, my thoughts are my prostitutes.
DENIS DIDEROT

Myself Prostitute Thinking
All children are essentially criminal.
DENIS DIDEROT

Children Crime Essential
There is only one duty; that is to be happy.
DENIS DIDEROT

Happiness Oneself Responsibility
Scepticism is the first step towards truth.
DENIS DIDEROT

Step Truth
Anyone who takes it upon himself, on his private authority, to break a bad law, thereby authorizes everyone else to break the good ones.
DENIS DIDEROT

Authority Break Goodness Oneself Privacy
Evil always turns up in this world through some genius or other.
DENIS DIDEROT

Evil Genius World
There is only one passion, the passion for happiness.
DENIS DIDEROT

Happiness Oneself Passion
The world is the house of the strong.
DENIS DIDEROT

Hard Time Inspirational Strong World
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

Fine Himself Live Man Peace Possession Purity Religious
Oh! how near are genius and madness! Men imprison them and chain them, or raise statues to them.
DENIS DIDEROT

Genius Madness Raise Status

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