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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

You have to make it happen.
DENIS DIDEROT

One Liner Yourself
Gaiety is a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine.
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Machine Order Ordinary Quality
My ideas are my whores.
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Ideas One Liner Whore
We are constantly railing against the passions; we ascribe to them all of man’s afflictions, and we forget that they are also the source of all his pleasures.
DENIS DIDEROT

Himself Passion Pleasure Source
It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire.
DENIS DIDEROT

Desire Fact Production True Willing
If you disturb the colors of the rainbow, the rainbow is no longer beautiful.
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Beautiful Color Disturb Rainbow
Scepticism is the first step toward truth.
DENIS DIDEROT

Path Step Truth
And his hands would plait the priest’s entrails, For want of a rope, to strangle kings.
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Hands King Priest
There is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in civilized societies.
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Civilization Inflict Kind Man Society Woman
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
Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad.
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Bad Country Goodness Government Moral
What is a monster? A being whose survival is incompatible with the existing order.
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Existence Monster Survive
There is only one passion, the passion for happiness.
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Happiness Oneself Passion
Disturbances in society are never more fearful than when those who are stirring up the trouble can use the pretext of religion to mask their true designs.
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Design Disturb Trouble True
Give, but, if possible, spare the poor man the shame of begging.
DENIS DIDEROT

Beg Compassionate Man Poor Possible Shame
Does anyone really know where they’re going to?
DENIS DIDEROT

Direction Journey Path

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