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Denis Diderot

Quote of Denis Diderot - Man was born to live with...


Biography - Denis Diderot:

French philosopher, art critic and writer.
Born: 1713 - Died: 1784
Period:
18th century
Place of birth: France
France

Man was born to live with his fellow human beings.



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Quotes for: to live


Quotes

Quotes for: to live


True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.





To live without philosophizing is properly to have one's eyes closed and never attempt to open them.





To live means to love, but above all, to love life.





A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts. So he loses touch with reality, and lives in a world of illusion.





My trade and art is to live.





You can't live at all, unless you can live fully now.











Quotes for: Man


Quotes

Quotes about man, all human beings:


Man is the future of man.





No man is weak by choice.





Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life.





The greatness of man lies in his decision to be stronger than his condition.





Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.





I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.











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Denis Diderot also said...


No man has received from nature the right to command others. Liberty is a gift from heaven.





Happiest are the people who give most happiness to others.





Only the passions, the great passions, can lift the soul to the greatest things.





There is only one passion, the passion for happiness.





Let us hasten to make philosophy popular.





We swallow with one gulp the lie that flatters us, and drink drop by drop the truth which is bitter to us.












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