Whether God exists or does not exist, He has come to rank among the most sublime and useless truths.
DENIS DIDEROTTo 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.
More Denis Diderot Quotes
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If you want me to believe in God, you must make me touch him.
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One composition is meagre, though it has many figures; another is rich, though it has few.
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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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The enjoyment of freedom which could be exercised without any motivation would be the real hallmark of a maniac.
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It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire.
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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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What is a monster? A being whose survival is incompatible with the existing order.
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There is no true sovereign except the nation; there can be no true legislator except the people.
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Does anyone really know where they’re going to?
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Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey.
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Evil always turns up in this world through some genius or other.
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Two qualities essential for the artist: moralityand perspective.
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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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Isn’t it better to have men being ungrateful than to miss a chance to do good?
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The most dangerous madmen are those created by religion, and people whose aim is to disrupt society always know how to make good use of them on occasion.
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