Only God and some few rare geniuses can keep forging ahead into novelty.
DENIS DIDEROTEvil always turns up in this world through some genius or other.
More Denis Diderot Quotes
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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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There is no good father who would want to resemble our Heavenly Father.
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Only the bad man is alone.
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I have not the hope of being immortal, because the desire of it has not given me that vanity.
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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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Oh! how near are genius and madness! Men imprison them and chain them, or raise statues to them.
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I discuss with myself questions of politics, love, taste, or philosophy. I let my mind rove wantonly, give it free rein to followany idea, wise or mad that may present itself. My ideas are my harlots.
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The blood of Jesus Christ can cover a multitude of sins, it seems to me.
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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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Scepticism is the first step towards truth.
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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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What has not been examined impartially has not been well examined. Skepticism is therefore the first step towards truth.
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The best doctor is the one you run to and can’t find.
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First of all move me, surprise me, rend my heart; make me tremble, weep, shudder; outrage me; delight my eyes afterwards if you can.
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What a fine comedy this world would be if one did not play a part in it.
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