Denis Diderot - Order Quotes

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In order to get as much fame as one's father one has to much more able than he.

Denis Diderot

What is this world of ours? A complex entity subject to sudden changes which all indicate a tendency to destruction; a swift succession of beings which follow one another, assert themselves and disappear; a fleeting symmetry; a momentary order.

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

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

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No man has received from nature the right to give orders to others. Freedom is a gift from heaven, and every individual of the same species has the right to enjoy it as soon as he is in enjoyment of his reason.

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To attempt the destruction of our passions is the height of folly. What a noble aim is that of the zealot who tortures himself like a madman in order to desire nothing, love nothing, feel nothing, and who, if he succeeded, would end up a complete monster!

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