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    “The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers.”
    —Denis Diderot (1713–1784)

    “Gaiety—a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine.”
    —Denis Diderot (1713–1784)