It has been said that love robs those who have it of their wit, and gives it to those who have none.
DENIS DIDEROTGratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off.
More Denis Diderot Quotes
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The infant runs toward it with its eyes closed, the adult is stationary, the old man approaches it with his back turned.
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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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One may demand of me that I should seek truth, but not that I should find it.
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The Christian religion teaches us to imitate a God that is cruel, insidious, jealous, and implacable in his wrath.
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No man has received from nature the right to give orders to others. Freedom is a gift from heaven, and every individual of the same species has the right to enjoy it as soon as he is in enjoyment of his reason.
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What a fine comedy this world would be if one did not play a part in it.
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We are all instruments endowed with feeling and memory. Our senses are so many strings that are struck by surrounding objects and that also frequently strike themselves.
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Instinct guides the animal better than the man. In the animal it is pure, in man it is led astray by his reason and intelligence.
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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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Distance is a great promoter of admiration.
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At an early age I sucked up the milk of Homer, Virgil, Horace, Terence, Anacreon, Plato and Euripides, diluted with that of Moses and the prophets.
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The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers.
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There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge, observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation verifies the result of that combination.
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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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My friend, you should blow out your candle in order to find your way more clearly.
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