My ideas are my whores.
DENIS DIDEROTOh! how near are genius and madness! Men imprison them and chain them, or raise statues to them.
More Denis Diderot Quotes
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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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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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It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it.
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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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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 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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Whether God exists or does not exist, He has come to rank among the most sublime and useless truths.
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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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Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory.
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Give, but, if possible, spare the poor man the shame of begging.
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My friend, you should blow out your candle in order to find your way more clearly.
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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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Doctors are always working to preserve our health and cooks to destroy it, but the latter are the more often successful.
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Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off.
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Anyone who takes it upon himself, on his private authority, to break a bad law, thereby authorizes everyone else to break the good ones.
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