I can be expected to look for truth but not to find it.
DENIS DIDEROTWhat a fine comedy this world would be if one did not play a part in it.
More Denis Diderot Quotes
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First move me, astonish me, break my heart, let me tremble, weep, stare, be enraged-only then regale my eyes.
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Gratitude is a burden, and every burden is made to be shaken off.
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I have only a small flickering light to guide me in the darkness of a thick forest. Up comes a theologian and blows it out.
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All abstract sciences are nothing but the study of relations between signs.
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The pit of a theatre is the one place where the tears of virtuous and wicked men alike are mingled.
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I discuss with myself questions of politics, love, taste, or philosophy. I let my mind rove wantonly, give it free rein to followany idea, wise or mad that may present itself. My ideas are my harlots.
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The enjoyment of freedom which could be exercised without any motivation would be the real hallmark of a maniac.
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There is no good father who would want to resemble our Heavenly Father.
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The best mannered people make the most absurd lovers.
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The best doctor is the one you run to and can’t find.
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My ideas are my whores.
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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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Poetry needs something on the scale of the grand, the barbarous, the savage.
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Distance is a great promoter of admiration.
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