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And his hands would plait the priest’s entrails,
For want of a rope, to strangle kings.
[Et ses mains ourdiraient les entrailles du prêtre,
Au défaut d’un cordon pour étrangler les rois.]Denis Diderot (1713-1784) French editor, philosopher
Poem (1772), “Les Éleuthéromanes”Much more about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/diderot-denis/6524/
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