The pit of a theatre is the one place where the tears of virtuous and wicked men alike are mingled.
DENIS DIDEROTThere 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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You risk just as much in being credulous as in being suspicious.
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At an early age I sucked up the milk of Homer, Virgil, Horace, Terence, Anacreon, Plato and Euripides, diluted with that of Moses and the prophets.
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When 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.
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The wisest among us is very lucky never to have met the woman, be she beautiful or ugly, intelligent or stupid, who could drive him crazy enough to be fit to be put into an asylum.
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Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those who obey.
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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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The blood of Jesus Christ can cover a multitude of sins, it seems to me.
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All children are essentially criminal.
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People praise virtue, but they hate it, they run away from it. It freezes you to death, and in this world you’ve got to keep your feet warm.
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A nation which thinks that it is belief in God and not good law which makes people honest does not seem to me very advanced.
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To describe women, the pen should be dipped in the humid colors of the rainbow, and the paper dried with the dust gathered from the wings of a butterfly.
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Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.
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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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To prove the Gospels by a miracle is to prove an absurdity by something contrary to nature.
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From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.
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There’s a bit of testicle at the bottom of our most sublime feelings and our purest tenderness.
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It is raining bombs on the house of the Lord. I go in fear and trembling lest one of these terrible bombers gets into difficulties.
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The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers.
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Ignorance is less remote from the truth than prejudice.
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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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Give, but, if possible, spare the poor man the shame of begging.
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Two qualities essential for the artist: moralityand perspective.
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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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My ideas are my whores.
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The man who first pronounced the barbarous word God ought to have been immediately destroyed.
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Whatever dressing one gives to mushrooms, to whatever sauces our Apiciuses put them, they are not really good but to be sent back to the dungheap where they are born.
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