There is only one virtue, justice; only one duty, to be happy; only one corollary, not to overvalue life and not to fear death.
DENIS DIDEROTThere are things I can’t force. I must adjust. There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint.
More Denis Diderot Quotes
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Good music is very close to primitive language.
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Scepticism is the first step toward truth.
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My ideas are my whores.
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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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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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Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.
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Instinct guides the animal better than the man. In the animal it is pure, in man it is led astray by his reason and intelligence.
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The world is the house of the strong.
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What a fine comedy this world would be if one did not play a part in it.
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Our observation of nature must be diligent, our reflection profound, and our experiments exact. We rarely see these three means combined; and for this reason, creative geniuses are not common.
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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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The best doctor is the one you run to and can’t find.
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You have to make it happen.
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Isn’t it better to have men being ungrateful than to miss a chance to do good?
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