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| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
| NUMBER: | 16659 |
| QUOTATION: | People praise virtue, but they hate it, they run away from it. It freezes you to death, and in this world you’ve got to keep your feet warm. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Denis Diderot (1713–1784), French philosopher. repr. In Selected Writings, ed. Lester G. Crocker (1966). Rameau’s nephew, in Rameau’s Nephew (written 1762, published 1821). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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