Disturbances in society are never more fearful than when those who are stirring up the trouble can use the pretext of religion to mask their true designs.
DENIS DIDEROTThe blood of Jesus Christ can cover a multitude of sins, it seems to me.
More Denis Diderot Quotes
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There is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in civilized societies.
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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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Whether God exists or does not exist, He has come to rank among the most sublime and useless truths.
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Gaiety is a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine.
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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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There is no good father who would want to resemble our Heavenly Father.
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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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Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey.
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All children are essentially criminal.
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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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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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We are constantly railing against the passions; we ascribe to them all of man’s afflictions, and we forget that they are also the source of all his pleasures.
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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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My friend, you should blow out your candle in order to find your way more clearly.
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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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