And his hands would plait the priest’s entrails, For want of a rope, to strangle kings.
DENIS DIDEROTWhen one compares the talents one has with those of a Leibniz , one is tempted to throw away one’s books and go die quietly in the dark of some forgotten corner.
More Denis Diderot Quotes
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The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers.
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From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.
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To 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.
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There are things I can’t force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint.
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I am wholly yours – you are everything to me; we will sustain each other in all the ills of life it may please fate to inflict upon us; you will soothe my troubles; I will comfort you in yours.
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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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We swallow with one gulp the lie that flatters us, and drink drop by drop the truth which is bitter to us.
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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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If you disturb the colors of the rainbow, the rainbow is no longer beautiful.
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When we know to read our own hearts, we acquire wisdom of the heartsof others.
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Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild.
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The best doctor is the one you run to and can’t find.
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When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry, in painting, and in music.
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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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Only the bad man is alone.
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