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It has been said that love robs those who have it of their wit, and gives it to those who have none.

It has been said that love robs those who have it of their wit, and gives it to those who have none.

Denis Diderot
Love, Life, Giving
"Paradox of the Actor". Book by Denis Diderot, 1830.

To attempt the destruction of our passions is the height of folly. What a noble aim is that of the zealot who tortures himself like a madman in order to desire nothing, love nothing, feel nothing, and who, if he succeeded, would end up a complete monster!

Denis Diderot
Love, Passion, Order
Denis Diderot (1966). “Selected Writings”, New York : Macmillan

The first promise exchanged by two beings of flesh was at the foot of a rock that was crumbling into dust; they took as witness for their constancy a sky that is not the same for a single instant; everything changed in them and around them, and they believed their hearts free of vicissitudes. O children! always children!

Denis Diderot
Love, Change, Time
"Jacques the Fatalist". Book by Denis Diderot, 1796.

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