Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey.
DENIS DIDEROTThere is only one passion, the passion for happiness.
More Denis Diderot Quotes
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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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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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Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory.
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You have to make it happen.
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I feel, I think, I judge; therefore, a part of organized matter like me is capable of feeling, thinking, and judging.
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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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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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What has not been examined impartially has not been well examined. Skepticism is therefore the first step towards truth.
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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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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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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.
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There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it.
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Only God and some few rare geniuses can keep forging ahead into novelty.
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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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Superstition is more injurious to God than atheism.
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Good music is very close to primitive language.
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There is only one passion, the passion for happiness.
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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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Posterity for the philosopher is what the other world is for the religious man.
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In any country where talent and virtue produce no advancement, money will be the national god. Its inhabitants will either have to possess money or make others believe that they do. Wealth will be the highest virtue, poverty the greatest vice.
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It has been said that love robs those who have it of their wit, and gives it to those who have none.
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How easy it is to tell tales!
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The decisions of law courts should never be printed: in the long run, they form a counter authority to the law.
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To say that man is a compound of strength and weakness, light and darkness, smallness and greatness, is not to indict him, it is to define him.
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Our observation of nature must be diligent, our reflection profound, and our experiments exact. We rarely see these three means combined; and for this reason, creative geniuses are not common.
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In general, children, like men, and men, like children, prefer entertainment to education.
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