The world is the house of the strong.
DENIS DIDEROTDo you see this egg? With this you can topple every theological theory, every church or temple in the world.
More Denis Diderot Quotes
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A nation which thinks that it is belief in God and not good law which makes people honest does not seem to me very advanced.
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There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it.
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Watch out for the fellow who talks about putting things in order! Putting things in order always means getting other people under your control.
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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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In any country where talent and virtue produce no advancement, money will be the national god. Its inhabitants will either have to possess money or make others believe that they do. Wealth will be the highest virtue, poverty the greatest vice.
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My ideas are my whores.
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It has been said that love robs those who have it of their wit, and gives it to those who have none.
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Disturbances in society are never more fearful than when those who are stirring up the trouble can use the pretext of religion to mask their true designs.
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The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers.
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Whether God exists or does not exist, He has come to rank among the most sublime and useless truths.
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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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The blood of Jesus Christ can cover a multitude of sins, it seems to me.
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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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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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At an early age I sucked up the milk of Homer, Virgil, Horace, Terence, Anacreon, Plato and Euripides, diluted with that of Moses and the prophets.
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