Posterity for the philosopher ...
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If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead.
A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.
Each man has his own vocation; his talent is his call. There is one direction in which all space is open to him.
Quotes from the same author
If your little savage were left to himself and be allowed to retain all his ignorance, he would in time join the infant's reasoning to the grown man's passion, he would strangle his father and sleep with his mother.
Denis Diderot
The enjoyment of freedom which could be exercised without any motivation would be the real hallmark of a maniac.
Denis Diderot
In order to get as much fame as one's father one has to much more able than he.
Denis Diderot
All abstract sciences are nothing but the study of relations between signs.
Denis Diderot
The best mannered people make the most absurd lovers.
Denis Diderot
