"- Monsieur me prépare le plus triste avenir; que deviendra… - Denis Diderot

"- Monsieur me prépare le plus triste avenir; que deviendrai-je quand je n'aurai plus rien à dire?
- Tu recommenceras.
- Jacques, recommencer! Le contraire est écrit là-haut; et s'il m'arrivait de recommencer, je ne pourrais m'empêcher de m'écrier: "Ah! si ton grand-père t’entendait!..." et je regretterais le bâillon."

Denis Diderot

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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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