All children are essentially criminal.
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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A thing is not proved because no one has ever questioned it. Skepticism is the first step toward truth.
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Superstition is more injurious to God than atheism.
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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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I am wholly yours – you are everything to me; we will sustain each other in all the ills of life it may please fate to inflict upon us; you will soothe my troubles; I will comfort you in yours.
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My friend, you should blow out your candle in order to find your way more clearly.
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If there is one realm in which it is essential to be sublime, it is in wickedness. You spit on a petty thief, but you can’t deny a kind of respect for the great criminal.
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There is only one virtue, justice; only one duty, to be happy; only one corollary, not to overvalue life and not to fear death.
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We are all instruments endowed with feeling and memory. Our senses are so many strings that are struck by surrounding objects and that also frequently strike themselves.
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If you want me to believe in God, you must make me touch him.
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You have to make it happen.
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Philosophy is as far separated from impiety as religion is from fanaticism.
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Does anyone really know where they’re going to?
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Jacques said that his master said that everything good or evil we encounter here below was written on high.
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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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