Scepticism is the first step toward truth.
DENIS DIDEROTIf you disturb the colors of the rainbow, the rainbow is no longer beautiful.
More Denis Diderot Quotes
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There are things I can’t force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint.
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Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off.
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Every man has his dignity. I’m willing to forget mine, but at my own discretion and not when someone else tells me to.
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You risk just as much in being credulous as in being suspicious.
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You have to make it happen.
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There is less harm to be suffered in being mad among madmen than in being sane all by oneself.
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What is a monster? A being whose survival is incompatible with the existing order.
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Integrity is the evidence of all civil virtues.
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Ignorance is less remote from the truth than prejudice.
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The world is the house of the strong.
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We are constantly railing against the passions; we ascribe to them all of man’s afflictions, and we forget that they are also the source of all his pleasures.
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The best mannered people make the most absurd lovers.
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From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.
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First move me, astonish me, break my heart, let me tremble, weep, stare, be enraged-only then regale my eyes.
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Philosophy is as far separated from impiety as religion is from fanaticism.
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