Quote by Denis Diderot
In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to d

In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more than push it as far as it will go. – Denis Diderot

Other quotes by Denis Diderot

The arbitrary rule of a just and enlightened prince is always bad. His virtues are the most dangerous and the surest form of seduction: they lull a people imperceptibly into the habit of loving, respecting, and serving his successor, whoever that successor may be, no matter how wicked or stupid. – Denis Diderot

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Tyranny
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The most dangerous madmen are those created by religion, and people whose aim is to disrupt society always know how to make good use of them on occasion. – Denis Diderot

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Fanaticism
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Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those who obey. – Denis Diderot

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power
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Choose an attitude of wonderment, taking in all that is being said without assuming you already know what the speaker is talking about. Let go of jumping ahead to finish his or her thoughts. In order to learn you have to risk change…changing your mind! – Dwight Frindt

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Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most important thing in the end. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Assumptions

Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light wont come in. – Alan Alda

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Assumptions

The world can doubtless never be well known by theory: practice is absolutely necessary; but surely it is of great use to a young man, before he sets out for that country, full of mazes, windings, and turnings, to have at least a general map of it, made by some experienced traveler. – Lord Chesterfield

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In my world, history comes down to language and art. No one cares much about what battles were fought, who won them and who lost them – unless there is a painting, a play, a song or a poem that speaks of the event. – Theodore Bikel

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I feel I do my best work when its all there on the page, and I feel that the character is very vivid as I read the script and Im not having to create stuff and trying to cobble together something. If I have to do that, then I dont entirely trust what Im doing. – Guy Pearce

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Those who have succeeded at anything and dont mention luck are kidding themselves. – Larry King

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Give the people not hell, but hope and courage. – John Murray

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