One may demand of me that I should seek truth, but not that I should find it.
DENIS DIDEROTWe are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates.
More Denis Diderot Quotes
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How easy it is to tell tales!
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One composition is meagre, though it has many figures; another is rich, though it has few.
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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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There are cats and cats.
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Do you see this egg? With this you can topple every theological theory, every church or temple in the world.
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There is only one duty; that is to be happy.
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Only the bad man is alone.
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All children are essentially criminal.
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Our observation of nature must be diligent, our reflection profound, and our experiments exact. We rarely see these three means combined; and for this reason, creative geniuses are not common.
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There is no good father who would want to resemble our Heavenly Father.
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There is only one passion, the passion for happiness.
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The best doctor is the one you run to and can’t find.
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Posterity for the philosopher is what the other world is for the religious man.
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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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We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates.
DENIS DIDEROT