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.
DENIS DIDEROTThe 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.
More Denis Diderot Quotes
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You risk just as much in being credulous as in being suspicious.
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The blood of Jesus Christ can cover a multitude of sins, it seems to me.
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Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory.
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To describe women, the pen should be dipped in the humid colors of the rainbow, and the paper dried with the dust gathered from the wings of a butterfly.
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If you want me to believe in God, you must make me touch him.
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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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My ideas are my whores.
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There is less harm to be suffered in being mad among madmen than in being sane all by oneself.
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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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The best mannered people make the most absurd lovers.
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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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Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those who obey.
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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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Integrity is the evidence of all civil virtues.
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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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