We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip on… - Denis Diderot

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We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.

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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أدركتُ أن قول الحقيقة وحدها لا يكفي ، بل ينبغي أيضاً أن يكون طريفا

... c'est la magie de la constance, la plus difficile et la plus rare de nos vertus.

Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild.

We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter. - Denis Diderot

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