Quote by Denis Diderot
The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest h

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. – Denis Diderot

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When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry, in painting, and in music. – Denis Diderot

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People praise virtue, but they hate it, they run away from it. It freezes you to death, and in this world youve got to keep your feet warm. – Denis Diderot

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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. – Denis Diderot

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Everyone who achieves success in a great venture, solves each problem as they came to it. They helped themselves. And they were helped through powers known and unknown to them at the time they set out on their voyage. They keep going regardless of the obstacles they met. – W. Clement Stone

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His was a great sin who first invented consciousness. Let us lose it for a few hours. – F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. – William Shakespeare

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No one in this world has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby. – H. L. Mencken

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