No man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings.
DENIS DIDEROTEvery man has his dignity. I’m willing to forget mine, but at my own discretion and not when someone else tells me to.
More Denis Diderot Quotes
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It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire.
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Give, but, if possible, spare the poor man the shame of begging.
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The blood of Jesus Christ can cover a multitude of sins, it seems to me.
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We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates.
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Only the bad man is alone.
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Scepticism is the first step toward truth.
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What has not been examined impartially has not been well examined. Skepticism is therefore the first step towards truth.
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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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In order to get as much fame as one’s father one has to much more able than he.
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If ever anybody dedicated his whole life to the “enthusiasm for truth and justice” using this phrase in the good sense it was Diderot.
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Integrity is the evidence of all civil virtues.
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Distance is a great promoter of admiration.
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The general interest of the masses might take the place of the insight of genius if it were allowed freedom of action.
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There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it.
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Bad company is as instructive as licentiousness. One makes up for the loss of one’s innocence with the loss of one’s prejudices.
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