Mankind have banned the Divinity from their presence; they have relegated him to a sanctuary; the walls of the temple restrict his view; he does not exist outside of it.
DENIS DIDEROTWhen we know to read our own hearts, we acquire wisdom of the heartsof others.
More Denis Diderot Quotes
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Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.
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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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There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it.
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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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There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge, observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation verifies the result of that combination.
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Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad.
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Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off.
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The bad gives rise to the good, the good inspires the better, the better produces the excellent, the excellent is followed by the bizarre
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To prove the Gospels by a miracle is to prove an absurdity by something contrary to 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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Oh! how near are genius and madness! Men imprison them and chain them, or raise statues to them.
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You can be sure that a painter reveals himself in his work as much as and more than a writer does in his.
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You have to make it happen.
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We swallow with one gulp the lie that flatters us, and drink drop by drop the truth which is bitter to us.
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