We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates.
DENIS DIDEROTIf you disturb the colors of the rainbow, the rainbow is no longer beautiful.
More Denis Diderot Quotes
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When we know to read our own hearts, we acquire wisdom of the heartsof others.
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Poetry needs something on the scale of the grand, the barbarous, the savage.
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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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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.
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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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Oh! how near are genius and madness! Men imprison them and chain them, or raise statues to them.
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First of all move me, surprise me, rend my heart; make me tremble, weep, shudder; outrage me; delight my eyes afterwards if you can.
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No man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings.
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The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers.
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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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Only passions, and great passions, can raise the soul to great things. Without them there is no sublimity, either in morals or in creativity. Art returns to infancy, and virtue becomes small-minded.
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Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.
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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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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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Watch out for the fellow who talks about putting things in order! Putting things in order always means getting other people under your control.
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