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The ever-present expectancy of death is never far removed from any of us whether we realize it or not. None of us can avoid it. It comes alike to the great and to the unknown; to the righteous and to the unrighteous. Wherein we differ is not in our ability to avert it, but in the preparedness with which we meet it. At such times some question the judgments of God. Some find bitterness because of the circumstances and because of the seeming untimeliness of death. Richard Louis Evans		Thursday Jul 09, 2026
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There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it. Denis Diderot

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Denis Diderot

Denis Diderot

Denis Diderot (October 5, 1713 - July 31, 1784) was a French philosopher and writer. He was a prominent figure in the Enlightenment, and editor-in-chief of the famous Encyclopédie .

Diderot also contributed to literature, notably with Jacques le fataliste et son maître (Jacques the Fatalist and His Master), which emulated Laurence Sterne in challenging conventions regarding novels, their structure and content, while also examining philosophical ideas about free will. Diderot is also known as the author of the essay, "Regrets on Parting with My Old Dressing Gown," upon which many an article and sermon about consumer desire has been based.

Other Denis Diderot Quotes

The best doctor is the one you run for and can't find.

Justice is the first virtue of those who command, And stops the complaints of those who obey.

Distance is a great promoter of admiration!

Oh! how near are genius and madness! Men imprison them and chain them, or raise statues to them.

There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge... observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation verifies the result of that combination.

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

Genius is present in every age, but the men carrying it within them remain benumbed unless extraordinary events occur to heat up and melt the mass so that it flows forth.

There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it.

Our observation of nature must be diligent, our reflection profound, and our experiments exact. We rarely see these three means combined; and for this reason, creative geniuses are not common.