He whom we call a gentleman is no longer the man of Nature.
DENIS DIDEROTThe best mannered people make the most absurd lovers.
More Denis Diderot Quotes
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A nation which thinks that it is belief in God and not good law which makes people honest does not seem to me very advanced.
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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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Isn’t it better to have men being ungrateful than to miss a chance to do good?
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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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I like better for one to say some foolish thing upon important matters than to be silent. That becomes the subject of discussion and dispute, and the truth is discovered.
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It is raining bombs on the house of the Lord. I go in fear and trembling lest one of these terrible bombers gets into difficulties.
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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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If ever anybody dedicated his whole life to the “enthusiasm for truth and justice” using this phrase in the good sense it was Diderot.
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Superstition is more injurious to God than atheism.
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Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad.
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Philosophy is as far separated from impiety as religion is from fanaticism.
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If a misplaced admiration shows imbecility, an affected criticism shows vice of character. Expose thyself rather to appear a beast than false.
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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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Only God and some few rare geniuses can keep forging ahead into novelty.
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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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