What is a monster? A being whose survival is incompatible with the existing order.
DENIS DIDEROT
The most dangerous madmen are those created by religion, and people whose aim is to disrupt society always know how to make good use of them on occasion.
More Denis Diderot Quotes
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First of all move me, surprise me, rend my heart; make me tremble, weep, shudder; outrage me; delight my eyes afterwards if you can.
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Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off.
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For me, my thoughts are my prostitutes.
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Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.
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Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild.
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The world is the house of the strong.
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Give, but, if possible, spare the poor man the shame of begging.
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In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more than push it as far as it will go.
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Evil always turns up in this world through some genius or other.
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The possibility of divorce renders both marriage partners stricter in their observance of the duties they owe to each other. Divorces help to improve morals and to increase the population.
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And his hands would plait the priest’s entrails, For want of a rope, to strangle kings.
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When we know to read our own hearts, we acquire wisdom of the heartsof others.
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One composition is meagre, though it has many figures; another is rich, though it has few.
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