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Whether God exists or does not exist, He has come to rank among the most sublime and useless truths.

Denis Diderot

First move me, astonish me, break my heart, let me tremble, weep, stare, be enraged-only then regale my eyes.
DENIS DIDEROT

Astonishment Eyes Move Myself
Good music is very close to primitive language.
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Goodness Language Music Primitive
It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all.
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Believe God Important
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.
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Divorce Improvement Marriage Partner Population Possible
The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers.
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Anand Thakur
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.
DENIS DIDEROT

Enjoyment Heaven Man Nature Reason Receive
All children are essentially criminal.
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Children Crime Essential
Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.
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Greatness Passion Soul
Doctors are always working to preserve our health and cooks to destroy it, but the latter are the more often successful.
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Destroy Doctor Preserve Success Work
We are all instruments endowed with feeling and memory. Our senses are so many strings that are struck by surrounding objects and that also frequently strike themselves.
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Feeling Instrument Memories Object Surround
If you want me to believe in God, you must make me touch him.
DENIS DIDEROT

Believe God Himself Touch
In general, children, like men, and men, like children, prefer entertainment to education.
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Children Education Entertainment Man Preference
From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.
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Oneself Path Step
Scepticism is the first step towards truth.
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Step Truth
Scepticism is the first step toward truth.
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Path Step Truth
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

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