Time, matter, space – all, it may be, are no more than a point.
DENIS DIDEROTThere is only one passion, the passion for happiness.
More Denis Diderot Quotes
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In general, children, like men, and men, like children, prefer entertainment to education.
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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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Good music is very close to primitive language.
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All abstract sciences are nothing but the study of relations between signs.
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The world is the house of the strong.
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Gaiety is a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine.
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My ideas are my whores.
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I discuss with myself questions of politics, love, taste, or philosophy. I let my mind rove wantonly, give it free rein to followany idea, wise or mad that may present itself. My ideas are my harlots.
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There are cats and cats.
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It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all.
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The enjoyment of freedom which could be exercised without any motivation would be the real hallmark of a maniac.
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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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There is no true sovereign except the nation; there can be no true legislator except the people.
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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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You have to make it happen.
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