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 DIDEROTWhen superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry, in painting, and in music.
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We swallow with one gulp the lie that flatters us, and drink drop by drop the truth which is bitter to us.
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There is only one passion, the passion for happiness.
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Scepticism is the first step towards truth.
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And his hands would plait the priest’s entrails, For want of a rope, to strangle kings.
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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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There is no good father who would want to resemble our Heavenly Father.
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The decisions of law courts should never be printed: in the long run, they form a counter authority to the law.
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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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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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What is a monster? A being whose survival is incompatible with the existing order.
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Good music is very close to primitive language.
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The best mannered people make the most absurd lovers.
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The God of the Christians is a father who makes much of his apples, and very little of his children.
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Does not vanity itself cease to be blamable, is it not even ennobled, when it is directed to laudable objects, when it confines itself to prompting us to great and generous actions?
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Doctors are always working to preserve our health and cooks to destroy it, but the latter are the more often successful.
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