No man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings.
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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A thing is not proved because no one has ever questioned it. Skepticism is the first step toward truth.
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The general interest of the masses might take the place of the insight of genius if it were allowed freedom of action.
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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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From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.
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Does anyone really know where they’re going to?
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There is no good father who would want to resemble our Heavenly Father.
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Genius is present in every age, but the men carrying it within them remain benumbed unless extraordinary events occur to heat up and melt the mass so that it flows forth.
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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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The blood of Jesus Christ can cover a multitude of sins, it seems to me.
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The decisions of law courts should never be printed: in the long run, they form a counter authority to the law.
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The world is the house of the strong.
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Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.
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I feel, I think, I judge; therefore, a part of organized matter like me is capable of feeling, thinking, and judging.
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Gaiety is a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine.
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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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