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Quote by Denis Diderot
We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only litt

We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter. – Denis Diderot

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Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad. – Denis Diderot

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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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The essence of humanitys spiritual dilemma is that we evolved genetically to accept one truth and discovered another. Is there a way to erase the dilemma, to resolve the contradictions between the transcendentalist and the empiricist world views? – E. O. Wilson

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Beyond a doubt truth bears the same relation to falsehood as light to darkness. – Leonardo da Vinci

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