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Quote by Denis Diderot
Watch out for the fellow who talks about putting things in order!

Watch out for the fellow who talks about putting things in order! Putting things in order always means getting other people under your control. – Denis Diderot

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The world is the house of the strong. I shall not know until the end what I have lost or won in this place, in this vast gambling den where I have spent more than sixty years, dicebox in hand, shaking the dice. – Denis Diderot

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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. – Denis Diderot

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