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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Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad.
DENIS DIDEROT
The infant runs toward it with its eyes closed, the adult is stationary, the old man approaches it with his back turned.
DENIS DIDEROT
What has not been examined impartially has not been well examined. Skepticism is therefore the first step towards truth.
DENIS DIDEROT
My friend, you should blow out your candle in order to find your way more clearly.
DENIS DIDEROT
Philosophy is as far separated from impiety as religion is from fanaticism.
DENIS DIDEROT
It has been said that love robs those who have it of their wit, and gives it to those who have none.
DENIS DIDEROT
It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire.
DENIS DIDEROT
Wandering in a vast forest at night, I have only a faint light to guide me. A stranger appears and says to me: ‘My friend, you should blow out your candle in order to find your way more clearly.’ This stranger is a theologian.
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My ideas are my whores.
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Two qualities essential for the artist: moralityand perspective.
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Does anyone really know where they’re going to?
DENIS DIDEROT
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.
DENIS DIDEROT
The bad gives rise to the good, the good inspires the better, the better produces the excellent, the excellent is followed by the bizarre
DENIS DIDEROT
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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In general, children, like men, and men, like children, prefer entertainment to education.
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I like better for one to say some foolish thing upon important matters than to be silent. That becomes the subject of discussion and dispute, and the truth is discovered.
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