If there are one hundred thousand damned souls for one saved soul, the devil has always the advantage without having given up his son to death.
DENIS DIDEROTInstinct guides the animal better than the man. In the animal it is pure, in man it is led astray by his reason and intelligence.
More Denis Diderot Quotes
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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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Isn’t it better to have men being ungrateful than to miss a chance to do good?
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The pit of a theatre is the one place where the tears of virtuous and wicked men alike are mingled.
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First move me, astonish me, break my heart, let me tremble, weep, stare, be enraged-only then regale my eyes.
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How easy it is to tell tales!
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Superstition is more injurious to God than atheism.
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Scepticism is the first step towards truth.
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If there is one realm in which it is essential to be sublime, it is in wickedness. You spit on a petty thief, but you can’t deny a kind of respect for the great criminal.
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Shakespeare’s fault is not the greatest into which a poet may fall. It merely indicates a deficiency of taste.
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There is no good father who would want to resemble our Heavenly Father.
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Jacques said that his master said that everything good or evil we encounter here below was written on high.
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Wandering in a vast forest at night, I have only a faint light to guide me. A stranger appears and says to me: ‘My friend, you should blow out your candle in order to find your way more clearly.’ This stranger is a theologian.
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Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.
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In order to get as much fame as one’s father one has to much more able than he.
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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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