How did they meet? By chance, like everyone else. What were their names? What’s it to you? Where did they come from? The nearest place. Where were th… - Denis Diderot

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How did they meet? By chance, like everyone else. What were their names? What’s it to you? Where did they come from? The nearest place. Where were they going? Do we know where we’re going? What did they say? The master said nothing; and Jacques said that his captain said that everything good and bad that happens to us down here was written up there.

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About Denis Diderot

Denis Diderot (5 October 1713 – 31 July 1784) was a French philosopher and chief editor of the historic project to produce L'Encyclopédie.

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Alternative Names: Diderot

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El primer juramento que se hicieron dos seres de carne y hueso fue al pie de una roca que se deshacía en polvo; pusieron por testigo de su constancia a un cielo que no es el mismo ni un solo instante; todo pasaba en ellos y en torno a ellos y creían sus corazones libres de vicisitudes. ¡Oh, niños, siempre niños...!

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Au fost lăudaţi mult mai mult oamenii ocupaţi a ne face să credem că suntem fericiţi, decât oamenii ocupaţi a ne face să fim fericiţi cu adevărat. Ce ciudăţenie în judecăţile noastre! Pretindem ca fiecare să facă ceva folositor, dar îi dispreţuim pe oamenii folositori.

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