Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.
DENIS DIDEROTYou can be sure that a painter reveals himself in his work as much as and more than a writer does in his.
More Denis Diderot Quotes
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Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.
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The best doctor is the one you run to and can’t find.
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No man has received from nature the right to give orders to others. Freedom is a gift from heaven, and every individual of the same species has the right to enjoy it as soon as he is in enjoyment of his reason.
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How easy it is to tell tales!
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It is raining bombs on the house of the Lord. I go in fear and trembling lest one of these terrible bombers gets into difficulties.
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To prove the Gospels by a miracle is to prove an absurdity by something contrary to nature.
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We are constantly railing against the passions; we ascribe to them all of man’s afflictions, and we forget that they are also the source of all his pleasures.
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It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it.
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In order to get as much fame as one’s father one has to much more able than he.
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Give, but, if possible, spare the poor man the shame of begging.
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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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My friend, you should blow out your candle in order to find your way more clearly.
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No man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings.
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Are we not madder than those first inhabitants of the plain of Sennar? We know that the distance separating the earth from the sky is infinite, and yet we do not stop building our tower.
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Ignorance is less remote from the truth than prejudice.
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