We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates.
DENIS DIDEROTPhilosophy is as far separated from impiety as religion is from fanaticism.
More Denis Diderot Quotes
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One composition is meagre, though it has many figures; another is rich, though it has few.
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Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off.
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No man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings.
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Anyone who takes it upon himself, on his private authority, to break a bad law, thereby authorizes everyone else to break the good ones.
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For me, my thoughts are my prostitutes.
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Good music is very close to primitive language.
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You have to make it happen.
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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 world is the house of the strong.
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When we know to read our own hearts, we acquire wisdom of the heartsof others.
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There is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in civilized societies.
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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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We are all instruments endowed with feeling and memory. Our senses are so many strings that are struck by surrounding objects and that also frequently strike themselves.
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There is only one duty; that is to be happy.
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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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