We swallow with one gulp the lie that flatters us, and drink drop by drop the truth which is bitter to us.
DENIS DIDEROTWhen one compares the talents one has with those of a Leibniz , one is tempted to throw away one’s books and go die quietly in the dark of some forgotten corner.
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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There is no good father who would want to resemble our Heavenly Father.
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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.
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Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully; and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure; and if he does not hurt any living being, he is a holy man.
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One may demand of me that I should seek truth, but not that I should find it.
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We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates.
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He whom we call a gentleman is no longer the man of Nature.
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Isn’t it better to have men being ungrateful than to miss a chance to do good?
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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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I have only a small flickering light to guide me in the darkness of a thick forest. Up comes a theologian and blows it out.
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The pit of a theatre is the one place where the tears of virtuous and wicked men alike are mingled.
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From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.
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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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What has not been examined impartially has not been well examined. Skepticism is therefore the first step towards truth.
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No man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings.
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