"From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step."

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Source : "Essai sur le Mérite de la Vertu". A translation and adaptation of "Inquiry concerning Virtue or Merit" by Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, 1745.

Denis Diderot

#Peace Quotes #War Quotes #Tyrants Quotes

“You can never understand one language until you understand at least two.”
“I once knew a man who stole a Ferris Wheel...”
“I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.”
“Prayer is a new, gracious, lasting will of the soul united and fast-bound to the will of God by the precious and mysterious working of the Holy Ghost.”
“The only thing about myself I know for sure is that I don't know anything.”
“When engaged in eating, the brain should be the servant of the stomach.”
“Newton took no exercise, indulged in no amusements, and worked incessantly, often spending eighteen or nineteen hours out of the twenty-four in writing.”

Source : W. W. Rouse Ball (2012). “A Short Account of the History of Mathematics”, p.287, Courier Corporation
“Even if they're functioning out of ignorance, they are still participating and must be suppressed. In China, even one million people can be considered a small sum.”

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